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midwayer Donating Member (719 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-04 06:54 AM
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Sedition & Treason in the US Imperial State
Because you guys/theorists are the best at either verifying or debunking

here is a little project for you to work on

Keep up the good work!

BTW....I just e-mailed this to Thom Hartmann to see if he can discuss on his radio show


"To put this in some context, the president now has the absolute authority, under the expansion of the War Powers Act of 1947 therein contained in the USA Patriot Act. This expansion of these powers means, in this case, that once the president declares a State of National Emergency, which he did on September 14, 2001, three days after the 9-11 incident, that effectively authorizes the president to do a variety of things—postpone elections, cancel elections, impose a state of martial law, order the arrest of any legislative or judicial members of government, etc. Those powers had always existed. However the president couldn’t act without the consent of Congress. He couldn’t assume these imperial powers without a super-majority vote in Congress and without a majority opinion from the Supreme Court.

The USA Patriot Act, however, sidelines the legislative and judicial branches from their oversight role – legislative oversight or judicial review after the President declared a state of National Emergency. It gives the president the power to act by edict."

more....

Sedition & Treason in the US Imperial State


http://www.impeach-bush-now.org/Articles/Ashcroft/sedition.htm


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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-04 06:58 AM
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1. Yikes.
Not good. Write your congresscritters and stock up on water and canned goods for Nov. 3rd.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-04 07:04 AM
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2. the unPATRIOTic Act is unconstitutional. I have maintained this from
day one.

It is the worst piece of legislation ever produced in US history, IMO, essentially destroying the Constitution and the Bill or Rights in one fell swoop.

It is a facist, tyrannical piece of legislation that should NEVER have been passed, nor even considered and should be repealed immediately, if we ever want to have a republic in this country again.

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