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Friday, August 27, 2004

Bush, Cheney, Rummfeld, Ashcroft v. The United States

http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html

Article 1 (powers granted to Congress)

Section 8

Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

That means if you sign a memo that redefines how you treat captures on land and water...

http://www.c-span.org/pdf/prisonerfinalreport.pdf

...it has to be a law that goes through Congress.

Of course, I don't think Congress would pass the "Nudity, Dogs, and Sleep Deprivation" bill of 2002 now would they?

Laws were broken people. Time to get serious. Kerry on.