The need to question authority...
I am a staunch supporter of President Obama. But he has made some regrettable decisions of late. Instead of ending the domestic spying program directed at the American people as a whole it seems reports say the abuses in the program have been worse since he took office. His decision not to prosecute people who possibly/probably committed crimes while working for the government, or contracted with the government to work on its behalf, by torturing detainees in our custody further damages the Rule of Law, and what our country stands for, as we know it.
It strengthens the Bush/Cheney Administration's misguided idea of a 'Unitary Executive'. It allows the government to continue to operate above the law even if President Obama chooses not to have the government operate that way. Nothing has been changed if the wrongs of the past are not addressed. We therefore have not learned from history and will be condemned to repeat it in the future.
These decisions need to be questioned in the harsh light of the implications they have on the Rule of Law and not have the queries be dismissed in some sort of noble, but wholly misguided, attempt to move forward politically.
It strengthens the Bush/Cheney Administration's misguided idea of a 'Unitary Executive'. It allows the government to continue to operate above the law even if President Obama chooses not to have the government operate that way. Nothing has been changed if the wrongs of the past are not addressed. We therefore have not learned from history and will be condemned to repeat it in the future.
These decisions need to be questioned in the harsh light of the implications they have on the Rule of Law and not have the queries be dismissed in some sort of noble, but wholly misguided, attempt to move forward politically.
