Et tu, Sun-Sentinel?

A Republican knows he's* in trouble when The Sun-Sentinel, that well known Oh So Self-Righteous Republican-Loving Right Wing Rag, rakes one of its own over the coals.

Not Above Law

South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board
Posted June 12 2004

No president is above the law. Not even in wartime.

That may seem obvious to most people in this nation of laws, but some Bush administration lawyers don't see it that way. In a March 2003 legal memorandum recently obtained by the media, they opined that President Bush is not bound either by an international treaty prohibiting torture or by a federal anti-torture law.

Their rationale was that the president, as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, has the authority to approve any technique needed to protect the nation. That may be true up to a point, but carte blanche approval of torture invites abuse of power.

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The implicit notion that the prohibitions against torture generally shouldn't apply in wartime is absurd. Torture doesn't mean being forced to listen to speeches at the United Nations or sit through diplomatic tea parties. Clearly the rules were meant to apply to actions people undertake in wartime or in fighting crime, usually to extract information from prisoners.

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* Republican- American white male suburban/backwoods dweller; notable examples in great literature: Tom Ewell and Ebeneezer Scrooge (before he gets the shit scared out of him by that hooded guy in the cemetery); the female counterpart does what Republicans tell them to do... And right quick! I mean it, Woman!