American Memory
American Memory
July 27, 2005
 
Casting Aside Justice by William Norman Grigg
Many conservatives consider it something akin to sedition or treason to criticize the Bush administration for claiming that the president has unlimited power to deal as he sees fit with anyone he designates as an enemy in the "war on terror." This perspective rests on two completely unjustified assumptions. The first is that George W. Bush, being a better man than Bill Clinton (hardly the highest hurdle to surmount), can be entrusted with extraordinary powers. The second is that the powers in question would always be used against "them" — that is, the "worst of the worst" — rather than against "us."


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