Conyers' "Constitution in Crisis"

I don't know when I'll get around to reading this report, but I want to note its release:

Today, I am releasing the final version of my report, the "Constitution in Crisis." The report, which is some 350 pages in length and is supported by more than 1,400 footnotes, compiles the accumulated evidence that the Bush Administration has thumbed its nose at our nation's laws, and the Constitution itself. Approximately 26 laws and regulations may have been violated by this Administration's misconduct.

Our Constitution established a tri-partite system of government, with the notion that each branch of government would act as a check on the other two. Unfortunately, for the last six years, the Republicans in Congress have largely viewed themselves as defenders of the Bush Administration, instead of a vital check on overreaching by the Executive Branch. By doing so, I believe they have acted to the detriment of our Constitutional form of government.

We have seen so many transgressions by this Administration that it is easy to forget last week's scandal amid this week's new outrage. I am hopeful that compiling all of these events of the last few years will help wake all of us up to the gravity of these matters and the cumulative damage to our country.

[US Representative John Conyers, "The Constitution in Crisis", Huffington Post, 4 August 2006.]

Posted on August 4, 2006 at 18.07 by jns · Permalink
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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Saturday, 5 August 2006 at 23.15
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    "We have seen so many transgressions by this Administration that it is easy to forget last week's scandal amid this week's new outrage."

    I've felt this same thing. Sometimes, it just seems overwhelming. The beat goes on and on, no matter what. Those of us who see so much that's so outlandishly, unceasingly wrong feel like poor fools trying to stop an incoming tide with their bare hands.

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