Letters to the Editor
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Minority Report
The Cheney/Addington marriage that gave birth to this twisted minority report and its belief in an imperial presidency puts paid to the fiction, from this Administration's perspective, of separation of powers. The report, its authors and conclusions are now commonly known and no longer the stuff of dusty archives. And this awareness, in conjunction with Mr. Mukasey's sorry, weak-kneed responses meant to sound impressively like those of a sharp legal mind, ought to be sufficient to any member of Congress (but especially those on the Judiciary Committee) to strike his nomination with the sharp blow of rejection. If necessary, they should hold up to ridicule the words of these two who inhabit the Vice-President's office, these well-regarded Constitutional scholars who opine on matters of presidential authority and congressional limits. It's not the place of the President to determine which laws are worthy of being obeyed nor is it the place of Cheney and Addington to determine the scope of constitutional executive authority. That power belongs to the judicial branch of government despite the opinion issued from the bench of the Vice President.