andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 12/21/2008
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One thing you have to concede to Dick Cheney. He says what he thinks. And so we get this : WALLACE: This is at the
core of the controversies that I want to get to with you in a moment.
If the president during war decides to do something to protect the
country, is it legal?
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slate.com - 12/23/2008
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slate.com —
Dick Cheney. Click image to expand. Dick Cheney
In an ever-escalating game of chicken between the executive...
branch and the rest of the world, Vice President Dick Cheney wants you to understand that he has done nothing wrong over the past eight years. ...
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Dick Cheney's unique gift for making hard questions easy ...
dailykos.com - 12/21/2008
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dailykos.com —
Behold, the first thing to come into Dick
Cheney's mind when asked to name the highlight of...
the Bush Presidency: Transcript: WALLACE: Highest moment the last eight years? CHENEY: Hmmm. Highest moment in the last eight years? Well, I think ...
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Asked To Name Highest Moment In Office, Cheney Comes Up ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/21/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Matt Corley observes Dick Cheney outlining his view
of presidential power: On Fox News Sunday today, host...
Chris Wallace asked Vice President Cheney, “if the President, during war, decides to do something to protect the country, is it legal?” “I ...
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Cheney’s Unlimited Power Doctrine
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Authoritarian Thinking
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... as a perfect illustration of basic authoritarian governance. To suggest that whatever the president does in a time of war to protect the nation is legal is to make the president himself more powerful and important than the Constitution itself. One cannot, by definition, protect the Constitution if one i elevating oneself above it.
While this is hardly new or surprising from Cheney, it is somewhat shocking to hear him be so brazen and clear about it.
h/t: Sullivan
Indeed, despite the casting of Bush as a “war president” it seems lost ...
What?
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Where, in the excerpts discussed here, did the Vice President of the United States say that the President has the right “to dissolve the Constitution”? Cheney gave a general answer to a vague question and pointed out the obvious fact that the President does not have to consult Congress before launching nuclear weapons–mostly because in a launch situation, there would be no time for such consultation. That’s it. Nowhere did Cheney discuss anything about the President having the power to dissolve the Constitution and nothing the Vice ...
Once a Dick, Always a Dick
The Democratic Daily —
... I’m not going to talk about the miscreant veep’s behavior today. Andrew Sullivan has as good a take on the debacle on Faux Nooz as anybody. ...
What?
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
Where, in the excerpts discussed here , did the Vice President of the United States say that the President has the right "to dissolve the Constitution"? Cheney gave a general answer to a vague question and pointed out the obvious fact that the President does not have to consult Congress before launching nuclear weapons--mostly because in a launch situation, there would be no time for such consultation. That's it . Nowhere did Cheney discuss anything about the President having the power to dissolve the Constitution and nothing the Vice President said could even plausibly be ...
War Is Heck
Jules Crittenden —
... Exhibit A, Andrew Sullivan re Dick Cheney on presidential war powers : One thing you have to concede to Dick Cheney. He says what he thinks. And so we get this: WALLACE: This is at the core of the controversies that I want to get to with you in a moment. If the president during war decides to do something to protect the country, is it legal? CHENEY: General proposition, I’d say yes. You need to be more specific than that. I mean — but clearly, when you take the oath of office on January 20th of 2001, as we did, you take the oath to support and defend and protect the ...
Defining 'Executive'
Opinionator —
... was sorely disappointed. O.K., lame joke — nobody expected that. Especially not Andrew Sullivan, who takes issue with Cheney’s statement that all the actions he and President Bush have taken in terms of national security were premised on their pledge to protect the Constitution. “How can the suspension of all laws into the power of the executive branch in wartime be seen as a defense or protection of the Constitution?” asks Sullivan. He continues: Perhaps for a brief amount of time in a dire emergency, after which there would be a thorough accounting to the Congress and ...
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