Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Is it impeachment yet?

Seriously. Isn't there some reason to impeach, if only to make a statement that the President isn't above the law? Shouldn't Congress take a simple moral, legal and ethical stance? I mean, as Americans? Or is that just too old-fashioned and quaint?

Memo: Laws Didn't Apply to Interrogators

The Justice Department sent a legal memorandum to the Pentagon in 2003 asserting that federal laws prohibiting assault, maiming and other crimes did not apply to military interrogators who questioned al-Qaeda captives because the president's ultimate authority as commander in chief overrode such statutes.

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