[Sosfbay-discuss] Constitutional Law Prof Jonathan Turley on Cheney's Accountability

[Brian Good]

Olbermann interviews Turley, a George Washington University Prof of Constitutional
Law.  

http://www.examiner.com/x-243-Progressive-Politics-Examiner~y2008m12d17-The-Constitution-and-Dick-Cheney


Notes from the video:

The administration argues that it must not be a crime, because nobody's 
prosecuting us for it.  But it is a crime.

The Bush regime of the last 8 years was an assault on who we are.  Obama 
is going to must decide if he wants power without principle, or if he 
wants true change in which crimes will be prosecuted.

Democratic Congressional leaders are trying to create a new commission 
that will avoid criminal prosecution.  Waterboarding is a well-established 
by legal precedent to be a war crime.  That's why Mukasey wouldn't answer 
the question at his confirmation hearings--because it is a crime.

It is equally immoral to stand at the side and do nothing, and that is what 
the citizens are doing... this gigantic yawn.



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