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Did you know that the nation soon will undergo a test that will determine how effectively the president of the United States can seize control of the media in the event of an "emergency"? Well, that's not the way the administration is putting it. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a press release on Feb. 3 outlining the plan for the "first-ever presidential alert." On a date yet to be set, the presidential alert will go "to television and radio broadcasters, cable systems and satellite service providers who will then deliver the alert to the American public," according to the FCC.
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan | A new constitution - touted as a path to stability in Kyrgyzstan after waves of ethnic violence - came into effect Friday . The constitution dilutes presidential powers in favor of a European-style parliamentary system and has raised hopes that Kyrgyzstan could be Central Asia's first true democracy.
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... was not entitled to claim absolute Presidential immunity. Petitioner took a collateral appeal of t... for civil damages resulting from constitutional violations, certain officials - such as judges and... tradition of the separation of powers and supported by the Nation's history. Because of ...
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Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales yesterday defended President Bush's secret electronic surveillance program, saying presidential powers inherent in the Constitution override a 1978 law requiring the government to obtain warrants for wiretaps. In a detailed case supporting the covert National Security Agency program, the attorney general also said a special court set up to hand down secret warrants could not be used - even with a provision for so-called "emergency authorizations.
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...FROM THE STAMP ACT TO THE CONSTITUTION II. THE CONSTITUTION AND THE JUDICIAL TURN A. The ... MULTIPLICITY INTO THE SEPARATION OF POWERS A. Three Cases of Separation-of-Powers Multiplicit... leave the manner of selecting presidential electors up to the states, (51) but if a candidate...
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Who among the Republican or Democratic aspirants for the presidency in 2008 would have signed the Declaration of Independence pivoting on a multicount indictment of King George III? The alarming answer is very few. The overwhelming majority apparently covet more a coronation than an Inauguration. They crave presidential powers reminiscent of the British king that President George W. Bush has brandished to cripple the Constitution's checks and balances and protections against government abuses.
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Clause 1. Commander-in-Chiefship; Presidential Advisers; Pardons . Clause 1. The President shall...
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There is much to admire in the extensive legal experience of Judge John Roberts. But the prospect of his being on the Supreme Court for 30 or more years is troubling as there is no discernible end to worldwide terrorism, and Judge Roberts's proven deference to presidential powers could result in a further weakening of our already embattled separation of powers in the Constitution. For the last two years, as a judge on the influential District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Judge Roberts has spoken for himself, not for the Justice Department or his private clients. Significantly, in a key decision on the president's view of his powers as commander in chief, Judge Roberts joined with two of his colleagues in the recent Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld; the ruling gave this and succeeding presidents the...
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CHICAGO -- The American Bar Association denounced President Bush's warrantless domestic surveillance program Monday, accusing him of exceeding his powers under the Constitution. The program has prompted a heated debate about presidential powers in the war on terror since it was disclosed in December.
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No one runs for president to acknowledge his own or the office's limitations, or because he suffers from low selfesteem. But we wish, for the sake of this republican form of government, that presidential contenders and their camps would stop talking and acting as if the president were vested with god-like powers. On countless occasions during the presidential debates, we heard both candidates claiming extraordinary powers that the Constitution simply does not grant a president, seriously talking as though it were in any chief executive's power to unilaterally fix the economy, provide people with jobs, eliminate the deficit, control prescription drug costs, guarantee public safety and personally hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden. We can't recall hearing either candidate acknowledge that...
