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Thursday, July 24, 2008 --- 28 days ago http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/executive-accountability_b_114674.html
| In "January 19, 2009: The One-Day Cheney Presidency, and the Planned Pardon" (November 6, 2007), I predicted that Bush was going to issue a large number of pardons if a Republican did not succeed him. Bush will pardon Cheney, and then resign on January 19th, after which "President" Cheney will issue a garland of pardons including one to George W Bush. Now, it appears as if some such a plan is indeed in the offing. The Bush Administration has invoked Executive Privilege repeatedly to prevent the truth from being revealed on a host of matters, from the lead up to the war, to the firing of the US attorneys, to the misuse of government agencies to support Rove's poltical strategies, to covering up the truth about Pat Tillman's death, to the Valerie Plame case, and most recently to the political prosecution of former Governor Donald Siegelman. "Executive Privilege" does not exist in the Constitution. Indeed, there is no mention of it, but the Supreme Court has inferred it. The pardon power is in the Constitution. Both need re-definition. Otherwise, asserting executive accountability is too difficult, disrespect for the rule-of-law too easy, and punishing criminal activity too unlikely to be a deterrent. Summary of the Amendment: The Pardon power shall not extend to members of the Executive Branch; Executive Privilege claims shall be decided by a Special Panel established by Congress whose decisions shall be rendered within 30 days of t ... |
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