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Quote from: antigoon on December 01, 2011, 08:02:43 AMI think the Obama Administration just doesn't want the military messing with its executive authority in those areas.This doesn't make sense to me though... Obama is the Commander in Chief, so how is giving the military priority in any way undermine Obama's authority?
I think the Obama Administration just doesn't want the military messing with its executive authority in those areas.
But it's still under his executive authority? I'm obviously missing something hear. Undermining his authority would be to give this power to Congress, not give it to Obama in a different way. I think the bill would be damaging in other ways, but not becuase it "undermines" Obama's authority. He would still have authority over the cases, he would still be able to authoritatively decide how the cases would be handled, etc.
What I'm saying is that I think adding a whole new layer of complication and scrutiny to the powers he already has would weaken and jeopardize them.
A White House statement says changes by congressional negotiators would not challenge or restrict the president's ability to collect intelligence or incapacitate terrorists.The White House had threatened a veto over provisions requiring military custody of suspected terrorists linked to al-Qaida.
QuoteA White House statement says changes by congressional negotiators would not challenge or restrict the president's ability to collect intelligence or incapacitate terrorists.The White House had threatened a veto over provisions requiring military custody of suspected terrorists linked to al-Qaida.
As frequently happens, Super Dude nailed it.
You know I taught constitutional law for 10 years at the University of Chicago, so…um…your next President will actually believe in the Constitution which you can’t say about your current President. [applause]In today’s environment in particular I want Supreme Court Justices who are vigilant about civil liberties. Because I think that when people are afraid — and terrorism has created fear — then that’s when the greatest danger to civil liberties happens. It’s easy to be for civil liberties when there are no threats. It’s when there are threats that you start seeing civil liberties chipped away at. So I want a President…I want a Supreme Court that is not just giving the President a blank check for whatever power grab he or she is engaging in.By the way that also means that when I’m President one of the first things I’m going to do is call in my attorney general and say to him or her I want you to review every executive order that’s been issued by George Bush — whether it relates to warrantless wiretaps, or detaining people or reading e-mails, or whatever it is — I want you to go through every single one of them and if they are unconstitutional or they are encroaching on civil liberties unnecessarily we are going to overturn them…we are going to change them.
Nearly 1/3 of Americans are arrested by age 23Whoa.
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Saw this and thought of you, Barto. I can't remember where, but there was some speculation about this in some thread around here. https://www.allgov.com//ViewNews/TSA_Spreads_to_Trains_Subways_Bus_Terminals_and_Ferries_120104"The Transportation Security Administration isn't just in airports anymore. TSA teams are increasingly conducting searches and screenings at train stations, subways, ferry terminals and other mass transit locations around the country."We are not the Airport Security Administration," said Ray Dineen, the air marshal in charge of the TSA office in Charlotte. "We take that transportation part seriously.""https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-terror-checkpoints-20111220,0,3213641.story
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