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Thread ID: 20859 | Posts: 5 | Started: 2005-11-02
2005-11-02 05:16 | User Profile
Would Bush's war with Iraq violate the original intent of the Constitution's framers? Joseph Rosenbloom
The plaintiffs in John Doe v. El Presidente George W. Bush had their day in court -- actually, 50 minutes ... That's how long oral argument lasted in U.S. District Court in Boston in a case that raised the question of whether Congress must formally declare war before Bush can lawfully attack Iraq. ... [url]http://www.prospect.org/print-friendly/webfeatures/2003/02/rosenbloom-j-02-27.html[/url]
[sorry if this has been posted in a previous lifetime...]
2005-11-02 13:57 | User Profile
Unconstitutional because only Congress has the power to declare war. Congress voted to give Bush the power to use force if necessary, but no declaration of war was issued and neither was there a viable threat to the security of the United States. It was all based on a pack of lies....which must be unconstitutional somewhere in that document.
The Iraq War is one of the most criminal acts the US government ever perpetrated. Maybe even the worst of all time followed closely by the Kennedy assassination.
2005-11-04 02:34 | User Profile
I'd say Iraq doesn't even come close to the criminal act of Ape Lincoln's Rape of Dixie...
2005-11-04 14:10 | User Profile
[QUOTE=xmetalhead] The Iraq War is one of the most criminal acts the US government ever perpetrated. Maybe even the worst of all time followed closely by the Kennedy assassination.[/QUOTE]
I have never lost any sleep over the loss of Kennedy.
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2005-11-05 03:48 | User Profile
[quote=xmetalhead]Unconstitutional because only Congress has the power to declare war. Congress voted to give Bush the power to use force if necessary, but no declaration of war was issued and neither was there a viable threat to the security of the United States. It was all based on a pack of lies....which must be unconstitutional somewhere in that document.
The Iraq War is one of the most criminal acts the US government ever perpetrated. Maybe even the worst of all time followed closely by the Kennedy assassination.
The problem is the Congress had every opportunity to hold up a stop sign, and refuse to declare war. What it did instead was to "authorize force" which is a cheesy loophole vis a vis Consitutional structures, see also Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
AE