Shame

Is it now, 'King George'?

The phrase "unitary executive" is a code word
for a doctrine that favors nearly unlimited
executive power. Bush has used the doctrine
in his signing statements to quietly
expand presidential authority.

unitary executive branch <== (Wikipedia the free Encyclopedia)

The new, 'TERM',

'unitary executive branch'

Shame

So called President George Bush says:

The executive branch shall construe Title X in Division A of the Act,
relating to detainees, in a manner consistent with the constitutional
authority of the President to supervise the unitary executive branch
and as Commander in Chief and consistent with the
constitutional limitations on the judicial power, .............

Unitary

1. of or pertaining to a unit or units.

2. of, pertaining to, characterized by, or aiming toward unity: the unitary principles of nationalism.

3. of the nature of a unit; having the indivisible character of a unit; whole.

4. serving as a unit, as of measurement or estimation.

5. of or pertaining to the use of units: A unitary method was applied.

6. Government. of or pertaining to a system of government in which the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of each state in a body of states are vested in a central authority.

(This last definition is relatively new.)

The phrase "unitary executive" is a code word for a doctrine
that favors nearly unlimited executive power. Bush has used the
doctrine in his signing statements to quietly expand presidential authority.

vested:

1. having a vest; sold with a vest: a vested suit.

2. protected or established by law, commitment, tradition,
ownership, etc.: vested contributions to a fund.

3. clothed or robed, esp. in ecclesiastical vestments: a vested priest.

4. having a vest; sold with a vest: a vested suit.

In March of 1857, the United States Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney,
declared that all blacks -- slaves as well as free -- were not and could never become citizens
of the United States. The court also declared the 1820 Missouri Compromise unconstitutional,
thus permitting slavery in all of the country's territories.

Dred Scott v. Sandford

No Negroes, not even free Negroes, could ever become citizens of the United States. They were "beings of an inferior order" not included in the phrase "all men" in the Declaration of Independence nor afforded any rights by the United States Constitution.
The exclusion of slavery from a United States territory in the Missouri Compromise was an unconstitutional deprivation of property (Negro slaves) without due process, prohibited by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This is the first appearance in American constitutional law of the concept of "substantive due process," as opposed to procedural due process.
Dred Scott was not free, because Missouri law alone applied after he returned there.

I'm not a Communist,

I'm not a Capitalist,

I'm not a Socialist,

Ain't no Imperialist,

I tell you I'm not a Terrorist

And I'm not a Democrat,

Sure as hell ain't no Republican,

I believe in one Party,

and its name is,

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM

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