Bruce Fein
Bruce Fein
Bruce Fein is an American lawyer who specializes in constitutional and international law. Fein has written numerous articles on constitutional issues for The Washington Times, Slate.com, The New York Times, and Legal Times, and is active on civil liberties issues. He has worked for the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation, both conservative think tanks, as an analyst and commentator...
appointed defend justices pattern president
There is no pattern of demonstration that justices appointed by the president then try to defend the president's constitutional prerogatives.
teach nations
History teaches that nations do not learn from history.
unique government arms
Mission creep is not unique to Congress. It is endemic to all arms of the federal government....
father angel winning
...[O]ur Founding Fathers enshrined a constitutional separation of powers for the ages undeluded by the fantasy that angels would win elections.
civil good protecting understood
Our forefathers understood that 'trust me' was not good enough for protecting civil liberties.
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plant the seeds of racial separateness and of hatred in the law.
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I think the administration is misreading the Senate and the public, because you end up losing more if your credibility is strained and people think you're playing them for dupes.
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It creates an aura for an ordinary person where maybe they will think twice about the privacy of their Internet searches.
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Not only John, but the entire Reagan administration Justice Department, was inclined toward a broad recognition of executive power and executive privilege,
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The attorney general's repeated refrain was, 'Trust us' - we have all the necessary checks and balances within NSA and the Justice Department.
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The problem and the danger of the Bush administration is that they know no limits. It's a total lack of understanding of separation of power and checks and balances.
ballots counted county identical
You can't have two ballots that are identical ... and have (them) counted in one way in one county and another way in another county,
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It seems to me he is conceding that there are other NSA surveillance programs ongoing that the president hasn't told anyone about.
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It makes it easier for Roberts, tougher to fill O'Connor's seat.