McCain and the 'Unitary Executive'

By Robert Parry
May 13, 2008


If John McCain wins the presidency – and gets to appoint one or more U.S. Supreme Court justices – America’s 220-year experiment as a democratic Republic living under the principle that “no man is above the law” may come to an end.


To put the matter differently, if a President McCain replaces one of the moderate justices with another Samuel Alito – as McCain has vowed to do – then Justice Department lawyer John Yoo’s extreme vision of an all-powerful Executive could well become the new law of the land.

On May 6 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, during a speech aimed at appeasing conservatives, McCain promised to appoint justices in the mold of George W. Bush’s selections, Justice Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts, expanding the court’s right-wing faction that also includes Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas.

http://consortiumnews.com/2008/051208.html


Very good read. People need to keep this concept in mind when voting this fall. McCain is the continuation of the Bush ravage of this country and all that we hold dear.

hope it doesnt happen..

McCain will be "Bush on steriods" as Pat Buchanan put it.

interesting correlation here

one thread informing of the republican threat of terrorist attack if democrat is elected

and now an informataive thread informing of the loss of civil liberties if a republican is elected

very good on equal coverage