Monday, July 14, 2008
Glenn Greenwald has an excellent post up that very accurately describes my opinions on the Bush theory of the unitary executive.
The first instance of government lawbreaking that really woke me up to the radical nature of the Bush administration was the torture regime. While torture is the most extreme and objectionable aspect of the administration, it's only one part of a larger theme.
The Bush administration claims that it can operate beyond the bounds of the law. They make all kinds of limp arguments about how what they're doing isn't really lawbreaking, but the arguments all sound like the protests of a 5 year old trying to justify bad behavior.
They've continually acted in this lawless manner, and I had hoped that a Democratic congress would call them to account. However, nothing has changed.
Kudos to Glenn for expressing this to a large audience, and with an eloquence that I could never attain.
The first instance of government lawbreaking that really woke me up to the radical nature of the Bush administration was the torture regime. While torture is the most extreme and objectionable aspect of the administration, it's only one part of a larger theme.
The Bush administration claims that it can operate beyond the bounds of the law. They make all kinds of limp arguments about how what they're doing isn't really lawbreaking, but the arguments all sound like the protests of a 5 year old trying to justify bad behavior.
They've continually acted in this lawless manner, and I had hoped that a Democratic congress would call them to account. However, nothing has changed.
Kudos to Glenn for expressing this to a large audience, and with an eloquence that I could never attain.
