Re: National Emergency?

2003-08-21 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 04:02:19PM +0100, Vincent Penquerc'h wrote: > >So how much of the Constitution gets shredded by Bush's > > declaration of a > > "national emergency" right after 9/11, and how long can he > > maintain that. I > > mean

RE: National Emergency?

2003-08-21 Thread Vincent Penquerc'h
>Funny, I've never heard or read anything about them doing this. An interesting bit in http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/50/1541.html is that the US president can perform an "introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities" without Congress declaring war, if a

Re: National Emergency?

2003-08-21 Thread Duncan Frissell
f the Constitution gets shredded by Bush's declaration of a > "national emergency" right after 9/11, and how long can he maintain that. I > mean, I realize the the Constitution/bill of rights is pretty much gone anyway, > but ... > > > -- > Harmon Seaver > CyberShamanix > http://www.cybershamanix.com >

Re: National Emergency?

2003-08-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 07:33 AM 8/21/03 -0700, Eric Murray wrote: >On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 08:17:35AM -0500, Harmon Seaver wrote: >>So how much of the Constitution gets shredded by Bush's declaration of a >> "national emergency" right after 9/11, and how long can he maintain that

RE: National Emergency?

2003-08-21 Thread Vincent Penquerc'h
>So how much of the Constitution gets shredded by Bush's > declaration of a > "national emergency" right after 9/11, and how long can he > maintain that. I > mean, I realize the the Constitution/bill of rights is pretty > much gone anyway, > but ... h

Re: National Emergency?

2003-08-21 Thread Eric Murray
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 08:17:35AM -0500, Harmon Seaver wrote: >So how much of the Constitution gets shredded by Bush's declaration of a > "national emergency" right after 9/11, and how long can he maintain that. I > mean, I realize the the Constitution/bill of ri

Re: National Emergency?

2003-08-21 Thread Tim May
On Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 07:33 AM, Eric Murray wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 08:17:35AM -0500, Harmon Seaver wrote: So how much of the Constitution gets shredded by Bush's declaration of a "national emergency" right after 9/11, and how long can he maintain that. I

National Emergency?

2003-08-21 Thread Harmon Seaver
So how much of the Constitution gets shredded by Bush's declaration of a "national emergency" right after 9/11, and how long can he maintain that. I mean, I realize the the Constitution/bill of rights is pretty much gone anyway, but ... -- Harmon Seaver Cyb