The Supreme Court Hamdan Ruling: A Call To Arms!
Reed31463
"When will the Oversight Hearings Begin?"
Republicans have no interest in oversight, all of their time is spent justifying their actions, trying to come up with a straight story and in the meantime blaming others for any of the "unforeseen" problems? Good leadership is proactive and addresses problems and possible problems head on, and Democrats must provide that leadership. Republican "leadership" does not and cannot address real problems facing Americans. Instead, they make up problems to address which will justify their illegal actions. And because they know their actions are illegal, they will not and cannot allow the needed oversight. Instead, they need to pretend to administer proper oversight until they can manufacture the next crisis (2 attempts so far). Unfortunately, there is no way to "pretend" good oversight. This is their Achilles heel.
There are no plans to address the issues and problems facing our government. Bush and the Republicans have placed so much emphasis on making excuses and covering up wrong doing, that they cannot lead this country. Instead, they make up a lie, which will justify their illegal unethical actions, which will result in gains of money, oil, profits, and power. This, in turn, leads to more emphasis and time spent on covering up their unethical behavior and the lies, starting the cycle all over again.
It is in relation to this question, that the significance of Hamdan as I pointed out in an earlier post, starts to bear weight and credence on the lack of congressional oversight and communication. As evidenced in the letters by the Vice President, the Senate Judiciary, and Intelligence Committee members, they reveal a lackadaisical attitude towards, what should be a proactive role in leadership and oversight. Constant writes, "What happened to Hoekstra's promise to follow-up? Presumably, the Senate/House Judiciary/Intel committees are sharing information: If there was "Hoekstra oversight-follow-up," why did Specter on June 7 2006 issue his letter to Cheney (three weeks after Hoekstra letter) reiterating the concerns with lack of White House information, which Hoekstra's "follow-up" clearly didn't address by June 2006? Something's not happening: Cross flow of concerns/oversight/follow-up between the House-Senate Intelligence/Judiciary Committees. Yet, when concerns with (lack of) communication has been raised, the White House has (incorrectly) asserted that things are just fine.
In response to Republican lies that the Intelligence Committee has always been briefed, Feingold/Feinstein emphatically report, "We haven't been given what the White House said we've been given." Adding more smoke to the distraction, Cheney incorrectly stated that the overlapping Senators on the Judiciary-Senate committees meant only the Intelligence Committee would need to review the matters. However, it is other non-Senate Judiciary questions which are (a) reporting the problems; and (b) prompting the White House non-sense denials.
Contrast the Cheney assertion that Dewine [p. 2 of 3] would be able to handle the coordination with Specter; yet recall from Hamdan, the court admonished Senators monkeying around with the Senate testimony, raises doubts about the RNC veracity with the court, not to mention the internal RNC problems: they’re willing to deceive the Supreme Court, it’s nothing to them to lie to their peers, criminal investigators, or the public. [Hat tip: Feline]"
Comment #24 on the last ConyersBlog thread, koryannder said, Oh - a final thought. The SCOTUS has recently indicated that Congress should start exercising its Constitutional duty and stop being a rubber stamp for the Executive Branch. That was a surprise! Maybe even the Corporate welfare types are beginning to wake up to the fact that they have nourished a nest of vipers. Things could get interesting. How can we help end any further Rubber Stamp legislation? The answer lies herein."We urge all in the blogosphere to quickly communicate with your local elected officials in your state [ Find Your State Rep ] to communicate the urgent, imminent problem: This Congress is complicit in war crimes; is actively engaging in war crimes; and a Grand Jury should be empanelled to investigate these violations of the Geneva Conventions, and disclose, where possible, a public report related to the Grand Jury findings [ Ref ]" Another letter writing campaign to the Senate is in order. By targeting Senators and informing them, "we now know, and they can now no longer justify, their continued malfeasance and complicity for a complete lack of oversight, and any further complicity and lack of oversight, will result in implicating them further with respect to the Hamdan decision (Article 3 Geneva Convention & war crimes)."
Although I do not suspect that this leadership is willing or even capable of oversight, I do think this can and will put the brakes on the rubber stamp congressional policy we have come to (cough cough) know and love, if we are willing to follow through with an aggressive and focused letter writing campaign.
Comment # 1 ~ Rusty ~ 07/11/2006 08:36 GMT This needs to be discussed in our next meeting.
Comment # 2 ~ Reed31463 ~ 07/11/2006 08:42 GMT You betcha it does. The news that Frist and Specter want to wait until after recess plays in on this.
Comment # 3 ~ Alma ~ 07/12/2006 00:12 GMT Good write up Reed. Do you think you could write a bit on it for the newsletter, letting people know we will be discussing this at the meeting? You sure have been on fire lately.
Comment # 4 ~ Rusty ~ 07/28/2006 19:04 GMT The Hamdan ruling has vast implications, let's hope ensuing legal actions will destroy Bush's lawless regime.
Comment # 5 ~ Rusty ~ 07/29/2006 00:10 GMT Let's also hope Bush doesn't get to nominate another Supreme Court justice or two. I don't even want to think about it.
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