http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/02/11/george-bush-is-the-law/ Enjoy worrying in the new year Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:29:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/02/11/george-bush-is-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Chris Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:10:44 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=58#comment-186 Cameron, I could be wrong, but I don't think so. Federal attorneys are definitely in the department however. Cameron,
I could be wrong, but I don’t think so. Federal attorneys are definitely in the department however.

]]> http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/02/11/george-bush-is-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Cameron Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:39:26 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=58#comment-185 Uh... aren't all the federal judges in the DOJ? Uh… aren’t all the federal judges in the DOJ?

]]> http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/02/11/george-bush-is-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Chris Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:18:41 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=58#comment-183 Cameron, That would be all well and good if the DOJ were a judicial body, but they aren't. What the AG is saying is that the DOJ will not investigate someone who broke the law, if the DOJ had previously told that person it was okay to do so. At the very least, someone from the DOJ should be punished for giving that advice in the first place. Cameron,
That would be all well and good if the DOJ were a judicial body, but they aren’t. What the AG is saying is that the DOJ will not investigate someone who broke the law, if the DOJ had previously told that person it was okay to do so. At the very least, someone from the DOJ should be punished for giving that advice in the first place.

]]> http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/02/11/george-bush-is-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Cameron Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:18:05 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=58#comment-181 ex post facto! that's the term i was trying to remember. you can't make ex post facto laws. ex post facto! that’s the term i was trying to remember. you can’t make ex post facto laws.

]]> http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/02/11/george-bush-is-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Cameron Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:16:32 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=58#comment-180 Isn't he just saying that the DOJ interpreted the law -- which it did, no matter what you think the interpretation should be -- and that Congress would have to change the law to change the interpretation? Seems like a pretty clear-cut case of Mukasy just pointing out that it's unconstitutional to make or change a law, and then prosecute someone for what happened before that change was made. In short, DOJ decided it was legal then. If it's illegal now, that still doesn't warrant prosecution for when it was legal. Isn’t he just saying that the DOJ interpreted the law — which it did, no matter what you think the interpretation should be — and that Congress would have to change the law to change the interpretation? Seems like a pretty clear-cut case of Mukasy just pointing out that it’s unconstitutional to make or change a law, and then prosecute someone for what happened before that change was made. In short, DOJ decided it was legal then. If it’s illegal now, that still doesn’t warrant prosecution for when it was legal.

]]> http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/02/11/george-bush-is-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Chris Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:17:41 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=58#comment-172 Yeah... your propaganda has to be pretty blatant before Bush gets embarrassed. Yeah… your propaganda has to be pretty blatant before Bush gets embarrassed.

]]> http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/02/11/george-bush-is-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Ian Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:26:05 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=58#comment-170 I like how even the President is more rational than Fox News. I like how even the President is more rational than Fox News.

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