tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post4927538999646402549..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: The Presidency is Weak. Really. (2)Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-35791525478665092732010-06-11T21:31:09.342-05:002010-06-11T21:31:09.342-05:00But what about torture and detention policy?
Bush...But what about torture and detention policy?<br /><br />Bush:<br /><br />Broke the law<br /><br />Ignored Geneva<br /><br />Tortured people<br /><br />Apparently locked up a lot of people with little or no evidence against them, threw away the key, and now Obama can't find the key either!<br /><br />That is a lot of policy and a lot of power, with only a tiny bit of pushback, all from the judiciary.<br /><br />The president's power in foreign policy and security is not just commander in chief constitutional stuff. Since WWII the executive has assumed awesome power in foreign policy. When they call it the imperial presidency they are not talking about domestic policy.<br /><br />PS Let's not forget the functional obsolescence of the quaint constitutional requirement that Congress declare war.<br /><br />PPS ICCtomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13145639900234999261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-18931621070479496592010-06-11T15:52:16.096-05:002010-06-11T15:52:16.096-05:00Bush also wanted his "Star Wars" missile...Bush also wanted his "Star Wars" missile shield program. The one thing I remember about our national debate in the summer of 2001 was a) constant alarmism over shark attacks and b) constant alarmism over some alleged threat from somewhere requiring the urgent necessity for a missile shield. It was on all of the Sunday gab shows, it's all CNN could talk about.<br /><br />And then along come a bunch of guys armed with box cutters to take down the World Trade Center. Ooops.<br /><br />So no, Bush didn't get his missile shield after that.Litzz11@yahoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843479112124843471noreply@blogger.com