FISA and Impeachment
Speaker Pelosi, When you championed the new FISA legislation through the house recently, you stated that "there is no inherent authority of the president to do whatever he wants. This is a democracy, not a monarchy" even though "whatever he wants" is exactly what George Bush has done for the past 7 1/2 years in violation of multiple laws and without a shred of accountability from you or anyone else, which gives him the ...more »
Speaker Pelosi,
When you championed the new FISA legislation through the house recently, you stated that "there is no inherent authority of the president to do whatever he wants. This is a democracy, not a monarchy" even though "whatever he wants" is exactly what George Bush has done for the past 7 1/2 years in violation of multiple laws and without a shred of accountability from you or anyone else, which gives him the defacto authority to do precisely "whatever he wants". Why do you expect the Bush administration to adhere to this new law when they have repeatedly ignored the existing law and any other law that they find inconvenient? In other words, if they ignored the old law without consequence, what makes you so certain that they won't simply ignore the new law as well and if they do ignore the new law, what recourse do you have to reign them in considering that this congress has failed in each and every instance with regard to the White House to enforce their own subpoenas and you yourself removed impeachment from the table? What real consequences will the Bush administration - or any other future administration - face for ignoring the new FISA law aside from a sternly worded letter?
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