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Posted By: Joann

Yeesh. That video leaves me to pondering what interest Chase Manhattan could possibly have in carrying my insigificant little mortgage.

Kenneth - honestly I don't know the answer to your question about the SC rulings. They have struck down some of his practices related to the detainees in Cuba, but I'd have to try to look it up to see if any of the surveillance/FISA etc kinds of practices have even made it to the SC. I don't think anything is being done that was specifically struck down, but I think the more important point might be the extent to which the administration will force people and organizations to have to go that long and expensive route just to get a ruling.

I also completely agree with you about Congress. Regardless of the role of the courts, I don't know how much of this could have happened with a stronger Congress. But we had a Vice President that was bound and determined to explore and expand the power of the Executive Branch, while at the same time we had a Congress that was pretty much a 870-legged lapdog of the President. Not a good combination, and you are right - I do forget the extent to which the mysterious 6-year disappearance of Congress contributed to Bush's excesses.

Joann

Oh - Joe D - got your email, and I'll try to find where I got that from, but I do see your point. For what it's worth, your views are among those I specifically have in mind when I say that I am able to see valid thinking among those that I truly respect, even though our opinions diverge at some point.