Executive Privilege

By: emptywheel Sunday December 23, 2007 6:10 am

A number of people have pointed to Charlie Savage’s great article on the responses of Presidential candidates to a bunch of questions about executive power. Most of the questions either explicitly or implicitly ask candidates whether they repudiate certain of Bush’s acts, so I’m not sure they help Democratic voters distinguish between primary candidates. The exception is the question on Executive Privilege.

Senator Dodd Tries to Save the Constitution

By: emptywheel Monday December 17, 2007 8:13 am

Senator Dodd says that Mike McConnell thinks “certain corporations are too rich to be sued.” And that’s just the start of Dodd’s case to vote down telecom immunity.

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