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...
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.
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.
civil good protecting understood
Our forefathers understood that 'trust me' was not good enough for protecting civil liberties.
initial targeting
You wouldn't need a warrant to do the initial interception, but afterwards, once you're targeting the American citizen, then you need that warrant.
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,
burden establish persuasion president
The burden of persuasion is on the president to establish the program's legality.
constitution exposed issue recognize single situation terms thinking value
The most important thing to me, in terms of thinking about the issue of impeachment, is to recognize that the Constitution does place a value on continuity. We don't want to have a situation where you make a single error, and you're exposed to an impeachment proceeding.
embracing move opportunity public
They should be embracing those memos. They are squandering the opportunity to move public perception.
die harris member ordinary political president tied
Katherine Harris is going to live and die on (President Bush's) coattails. She is not someone who has political legs. She is more tied to the president than the ordinary member of the House.
losing people playing senate
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.
hate hatred plant racial seeds
plant the seeds of racial separateness and of hatred in the law.
blind ignore national pay president
He will not be blunderbuss and say the president has carte blanche, ... On the other hand, he is not going to ignore national security. He will pay deference, but not blind deference.