The Covert Family Website

The place for cool things to happen, blah, blah. blah. Whatever. Insert subtitle here.

Bush claims himself above the law

Somebody needs to step up to the plate and DO something about the President.  Why is congress asleep at the wheel?

Article hallenges_hundreds_of_laws?mode=PF">here.

President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.

Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ‘’whistle-blower” protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research.
….
A president who ignores the court, backed by a Congress that is unwilling to challenge him, Golove said, can make the Constitution simply ‘’disappear.”
…..
‘’This is an attempt by the president to have the final word on his own constitutional powers, which eliminates the checks and balances that keep the country a democracy,” Fein said. ‘’There is no way for an independent judiciary to check his assertions of power, and Congress isn’t doing it, either. So this is moving us toward an unlimited executive power.”