"Preserve, Protect And Defend The Constitution Of The United States"

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"Preserve, Protect And Defend The Constitution Of The United States"
by: clammyc
Wed Mar 21, 2007 at 07:30:03 AM PST

Never in my lifetime have such important words rang so hollow. The words uttered while the President of the United States is sworn into office. The oath that he (or she) is expected, nay, required to follow. Yet, from the very beginning of this administration, these words have been made a mockery by Bush and his office.

On this latest matter - we are told that there is no need for officials who have lied about leaking classified national security information and were involved in the blowing off of the "bin Laden Presidential Daily Briefing" to testify under oath (or to have any record of the "interviews".

But if there is nothing to hide, then what is the big deal, right? After all, wasn't that the right wing meme about the warrantless wiretapping by the Executive Branch (which, by the way, was ruled unconstitutional).

Preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Words that have held this country together. Words that indicate exactly what should be protected and defended. Not cronies. Not Big Oil. Not "party over country". And certainly not the lying liars and war criminals who occupy the Executive Branch. The Preamble? Torn to shreds in so many ways that if it wasn't so dangerous it would be laughable. The first amendment? Free speech zones will take care of that.

With respect to the US Attorney firings, the changing of the laws under the Patriot Act reauthorization regarding appointing interim US attorneys allowed the Attorney General to make appointments that arise during recess period in violation of Article 2, Section 2 of the Constitution.

In using the phrase "My most important job is to protect America", the Executive Branch has gone FAR out of its way to do just the opposite. Look at the Military Commissions Act of 2006 for more parts of the Constitution that were subverted in the name of "protecting America".

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