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posted by [identity profile] name-redacted.livejournal.com at 08:04pm on 04/07/2006
Even worse, let's do a little comparison of Jefferson's accusations to the present George:

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.


Signing statements.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.


Federal agencies enforcing weaker standards for things like the environment, workplace health and safety, etc., that trump state regulations (this is "states' rights?).

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.


Not Dubya directly, but his cronies, such as in Texas, using redistricting to lock out opposition (which his Supreme Court nominees supported).

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.


Dubya may not have dissolved the legislature, but his administration has certainly refused frequently to comply with their demands for information and documents, lied to them, and made it clear that they feel themselves above its rules and laws.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.


They've certainly failed to bring anything meaningful to the debate on immigration, legal or otherwise, attempting to appease both racist xenophobes and business interests that thrive on illegal workers.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.


Accusations against and attempts to limit "activist judges;" attempting to thwart Senate debate on proposed judicial candidates.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.


Department of Homeland Security.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the consent of our legislatures.


Long-term deployment of the National Guard in Iraq, in a purely arbitrary and personal war.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.


DOD taking over for the State Department, CIA, etc; refusal to follow Geneva Conventions and other international law.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

... For protecting them [armed troops], by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:


Cover-ups in Abu Ghraib and elsewhere.

...
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:


Maybe not taxes, but the future burden of the national debt.

For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:


Jose Padilla.

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