What I think worries Rove most are the ostensibly out of his portfolio initiatives like torcha, which he probably tainted with his reviews. I think that Rove might have coached Bush and the neocon stovepipers in the OVP as well as elsewhere in the administration in matters like what MartyLederman has discussed today, namely, why Yoo and Bradbury had the imprimatur aliquot of ideology but Levin, and he of the law of admiralty did not; the article shows Gonzales at the core. The issues which appear pivotal to ML in the new retrospective of OLC were wiretap and executive detention. I discount some of ML’s politeness toward Ashcroft, though the gist is Ashcroft as principled, maybe.

I am glad for MeetTheBlogger’s initialization, for getting the netroots message into more media formats. I favor the research articles writers and contributors provide, a helpful resource. There is an aggregate effect bloggerdomwide, too. I appreciate those who work thru the holidays to accomplish the difficult work, like occurred last NewYearXmas, if I recall. I’m not so much for castigation as exposure of the rank cronyism ongoing in the current administration. I endured some pretty surprising Democratic party backroom deals when I was involved with some muckymucks in one leading state in the US, so, have seen why balance of powers was a key concept in the founding documents.

Meanwhile, that show looks like a godsend.
Very much looking forward to EW, and the upcoming programming looks great.
Nice visuals; hat’s off to whoever did the web design on that one.

“congress is powerless unless they use their power”

it’s obvious once told but very telling once spoken, this president has all the power he claims and he can indeed to anything at all he wants, EVEN IF THE SUPREME COURT SAYS HE CAN’T

because only congress can stop him, no other power in this government, and the only way to stop him is;

TO STOP HIM

they NEED to jail meyers, they NEED to jail rove, THEY NEED TO HOLD HEARINGS OF IMPEACHMENT

and until they do they are powerless

But really, don’t we think that if she were on the Court Addington would be ghostwriting all her opinions? She’d be more of a puppet than any Bush nominee up there.

United States

Each state with the exception of North Carolina permits citizen arrests if the commission of felony is witnessed by the arresting citizen, or when a citizen is asked to assist in the apprehension of a suspect by police. The application of state laws varies widely with respect to misdemeanors, breaches of the peace, and felonies not witnessed by the arresting party. American citizens do not carry the authority or enjoy the legal protections of police, and are held to the principle of strict liability before the courts of civil- and criminal law including but not limited to any infringement of another’s rights.[20]

Though North Carolina General Statutes have no provision for citizen’s arrests, detention by private persons is permitted and apply to both civilians and police officers outside their jurisdiction.[21]

Detention, being different from an arrest in the fact that a detainee may not be transported without consent, is permitted where probable cause exists that one has committed a felony, breach of peace, physical injury to another person, or theft or destruction of property.[22]