Because, says our vice-president, you can do anything you want, regardless of the law, as long as you say you're doing it to defend the country.
Dick Cheney: It's good to be the king
Monday December 22, 2008
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you can do anything you want, regardless of the law
...is not something Cheney said and is a grotesque mischaracterization suitable for a tabloid blog.
Is that what this blog is?
In re: Your Name's comment at 12:49 am concerning U.S. v. Lincoln. The case name you are reaching for is In re Milligan, a case where the Supreme Court ruled that the suspension of habeas corpus can only take place where the court is unable physically to sit due to hostile action. Sort version: Unless bullets are flying through the window of the courthouse, you have the right to petition for release.
The notion that the president is somehow above the law is not a constitutional idea, rather it is based upon the power of the military to carry out the lawful orders of the president, which, of course, begs the question of which orders are lawful. If, as John Marshall asserted, the courts are the arbiter of the Constitution (Marbry v. Madison), Cheney doesn't have a leg to stand upon. If otherwise, it's the guy with the most guns, I suppose.
"Because, says our vice-president, you can do anything you want, regardless of the law, as long as you say you're doing it to defend the country."
Except, that's not what he said.
"Because, says our vice-president, you can do anything you want, regardless of the law, as long as you say you're doing it to defend the country."
Except, that's not what he said.
No, that isn't what he said. I don't like Cheney, and I think he's extremely dangerous, but we should still be careful to extend to him the fairness he would probably not feel obliged to extend to us. That's our job, as citizens of a free country.
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