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The Constitution is, and has always been, generally applicable to all "persons," who are located on U.S. soil, regardless of their citizenship. However, the Constitution does not generally apply to those who are not located on U.S. soil, or to those persons who enter the U.S. with the intent to...

The legal argument is that the child, once born, is an innocent, and should not be punished for either/both of the parents' decisions -- bad or good. Prior to birth, however, only the woman's and the embryo's/fetus'/child's rights are at issue.

This is all potentially about to get a whole lot more serious. Apparently, the victim, Whittington, has some bird shot lodged in his heart, which indicates that this was something considerably more serious than a "minor" hunting accident. And, if Whittington dies, you can practically count on...

If I understand correctly, the premise of the theory is that civilization trends towards greater individual prosperity in a manner roughly correlating with per capita energy production. And, as the per capita production has been declining, the theory says that civilization should decline with...

The policy has never changed since the end of the "Cold War." It is "MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction." Iran does not have a delivery mechanism yet, so a bomb must be placed on a ship and sailed into a major port. It could happen, and I think that eventually, it will happen, because we...

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I think you're right -- it's chaos, until we are attacked in a much more wholesale manner. If and when that happens, the gloves will come off, and regrettably, we will probably incinerate every major city in the Mideast (except Israeli cities, of course, which, ironically, would save the...

Ever see Monty Python's "Life of Brian" parody on the life of Jesus? The movie is chock full of various sectarian "movements" and "fronts," each with their own agenda, and none having the slightest idea of what they would do with power were they to obtain it. Hamas is just another minor sect...

Well, you certainly covered the waterfront with that post. LOL!. I agree with your main point, but I don't really think you need to add all the side issues.

Minor point: I think it's more than bad form. It's like a grumbling acceptance to a contract. The judge would say, "Is that your signature there, Mr. President? If it is, then you agreed to the law, period." And, I think it's fair to say that by accepting the job of President, the President...

Here's the statute: "50 U.S.C 1802(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year if the Attorney...

No, as I stated above 50 U.S.C 1802 specifically restricts the warrantless search provisions to exclude the definitions of "foreign agent." The statute is designed to make it VERY difficult to execute a warrantless wiretap of a "U.S. person," even if that person is suspected of being a "foreign...

I don't disagree. I'll only say, that, unlike a corporation, the U.S. Government has a third branch, i.e., the Judiciary. And, that branch gets to "say what the law is." And, the fact is that the USSC has granted the Executive Branch considerable inherent authority, such as the authority to...

For the purposes of warrantless electronic surveillance, 50 U.S.C 1802 restricts the definition of "foreign power" to: "(1) a foreign government or any component thereof, whether or not recognized by the United States; (2) a faction of a foreign nation or nations, not substantially composed...

If Alito is confirmed, I'd say that Bush is probably safe. With O'Connor on the bench I'd say too close to call. It's really a very fine line as to the legality, and for better or worse, it's likely one that the Supremes will get to draw.

You're pretty much correct, but it's still quite possible that the Supreme Court may make a new exception for cross border communications. If it does, then the President will escape by the little hair on his chinny chin chin.

Those guidelines were created by the President himself, in order to "expand" his authority, not expressly provided for by Congressional Act. This is just like when the IRS says that you're supposed to give them a "log" of your auto mileage to prove your deduction if audited. Congress didn't...

Concur.

Diminished capacity is a minority jursidiction rule. Under federal law the defendant must show a mental disease that makes it impossible for him/her to know right from wrong or to understand the nature and quality of his actions. Hmmm...come to think of it, that may apply to Bush, too...

"Oh, a wise guy, eh?" -- Three Stooges. Well, at least you're arguing on the facts in the record. I reread the entire statutory construction, to try to satisfy myself as to what the hell is going on with the law, and I think that Congress did not grant as much power as I previously...