The last time I felt this sick to my stomach was in December 2005 when the Bush administration responded to revelations that they were breaking the FISA law by insisting they had every right to do so…and then framed the 2006 elections around the wisdom of them doing so. The people spoke in the 2006 election and they threw out virtually every Republican they could find. But it wasn’t enough.
The administration is now claiming that every US Attorney is merely an extension of Bush’s will, with no independence. This is what Thomas Jefferson said about George III in our Declaration of Independence.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
Jefferson went on to chide the King ‘For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury’ and ‘For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences’. Sound familiar?
Bush is behaving in an intolerable manner. A refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas and an assertion that the courts have no right to question the legality of his actions is totally unacceptable. Listen to Jefferson:
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
The time has now arrived. Bush must be made to comply with the law or he must be removed from office.
The people that signed the Declaration of Independence knew that they would be hanged if captured. What are you willing to do to secure the blessings of freedom?