America Dishonored
For the first time that I know of, an American president has been declared to be a source of law instead of beholden to it. Perhaps I missed something in Civics 101, but it was my understanding that the legislature writes laws, the Supreme Court evaluates their compliance with the Constitution and the President (we hope) abides by them.
Not so in Bush-war. In Bush-war, Geneva conventions and international agreements are for suckers. In Bush-war we make our own rules as we go and if we’re caught off base we stone-wall and then deny and if that doesn’t work we tie up the records as ‘classified’ and see if the country doesn’t just tire of the whole matter and go back to summer reruns. In Bush-war we illegally hold, illegally interrogate and illegally try our prisoners. In Bush-war there is no limit to the methods by which we dishonor our country.
An appellate court, friendly to the administration, by three-member panel instead of the full court, last week swept aside a lower court's deci…