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malaise

(269,022 posts)
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 04:23 PM Apr 2012

Elizabeth Holzman has co-authored a new book

Cheating Justice - this is a must read DUers.
She shows how the war criminal of a Dick and the war criminal Dumbya committed serious federal crimes.

I just saw her on Bashir.
She was always serious about these war criminals.

You go Girl!!!

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305357-1

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/elizabeth-holtzman/cheating-justice/
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A searing indictment of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney and their betrayal of the American people.

Holtzman, who served on the House Judiciary Committee during the proceedings against Richard Nixon, and lawyer/journalist Cooper (The Impeachment of George W. Bush: A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens, 2006, etc.) explain why and how Bush and Cheney should be charged with crimes against the nation and convicted by a judge, jury or Congress—or all of the above. Their indictment is grounded in specific laws, which they ably explain for a non-lawyer readership. These include the False Statements Accountability Act of 1996 and Title 18, Section 371 of the U.S. Code, which sets out the parameters of conspiracy to defraud the United States through deceit. The authors duly cover the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the torture of arrestees during the so-called War on Terror and the wiretapping of American citizens. In addition to explaining why Bush and Cheney should be prosecuted in the United States, the authors set out the argument for governments of other nations to prosecute the former president and vice president. Without prosecutions at home and abroad, Holtzman and Cooper write, the rule of the law is meaningless. For the most part, the authors avoid discussion about the likelihood of Bush and Cheney being held accountable in court, and common sense suggests that with each passing year, such prosecutions become increasingly unlikely. However, Holtzman and Cooper note two groups that faced trial decades after their transgressions: civil-rights violators and Nazi war criminals.

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Elizabeth Holzman has co-authored a new book (Original Post) malaise Apr 2012 OP
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