A Constitutional Conundrum

from Mother Jones:
"The Judiciary Committee is seeking a fairly narrow ruling from Judge Bates—one that would compel Miers to attend hearings before the committee, and order both Miers and Bolten to divulge the nature (though perhaps not the contents) of a bundle of undisclosed documents over which the White House is claiming executive privilege. But the civil filing is a legal maneuver without precedent, and therein lies the possibility that the White House could prevail despite what experts view as a weak legal standing."

Anything to bring the executive branch back into line has my support. The full article is definitely worth reading.

It is a sad day when you have to sue the president to get him to obey the law.

Thought Police?; CA Democrat introduces legislation to quiet dissent

H.R. 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007

I suggest that everyone contact their legislators to oppose this legislation.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-1955
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-giraldi/the-violent-radicalizatio_b_74091.html
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/19/5320/
http://www.democracynow.org/2007/11/20/homegrown_terrorism_prevention_act_raises_fears
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/112907J.shtml
http://www.lewrockwell.com/knaebel/knaebel11.html