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akuma587 on 22 March 2009
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TheRealMafoo said:

I am not a Republican, I am a Libertarian. I didn't like Bush much either, but his faults were not to try and change what this country stands for, his faults was he was just an idiot.

Presidents come and go. The purpose of our constitution, is to make sure we are not ruled by men, but ruled by law. The person in the office is of little concern to me. What the office stands for is.

Bush did not try to change what the constitution meant, he just tried to manipulate the hell out of it for his own good. Trying to break the rules is what all powerful men will do (why we need the constitution), just going and changing the rules however, is very dangerous (what Obama is doing).

Do you even know what test the Supreme Court uses to determine if a piece of legislation is constitutional that is not directly in conflict with the Constitution?  You claim to be an expert on the Constitution, but all you do is throw around the word that this is or isn't constitutional.  And what provision of the Constitution do Obama's policies conflict with?  Point it out to me, the specific section of the Constitution you claim he is violating.

And you are wrong that Bush did not do anything unconstitutional.  The Supreme Court said his detention policies were unconstitutional:

Justices say Bush went too far at Guantanamo

5-3 ruling says military trials would violate U.S. law, Geneva Conventions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13592908/

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees.

 



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