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Friday, February 10, 2006 12:00 AM

The dictator defense

Bush's attorney general won't dare explain the real basis for warrantless spying on Americans: Pure, unbridled executive power.
By David Cole

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  • Friday, February 10, 2006 06:56 AM

    Re the Torture Signing Statement

    What does Professor Cole make of the next phrase (after the one quoted) in Bush's signing statement--the one about the courts? Even though I am a lawyer, I have not been able to parse through that, but it appears to say that the courts cannot review the Absolute Monarch's, oops el Presidente's determination to ignore the law as and when he sees fit.

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