Let's Say The Supreme Court Overturns The "Detainee Bill"

[Syrinx]

You know the one. The one that allows any person that the president doesn't like to be kidnapped by the federal government, held and tortured in secret, without any oversight at all.

Obviously, it is unconstitutional. Obviously and on its face, it is unconstitutional; but that doesn't mean it won't be a close vote. I see it likely as a 5-4 vote, with Anthony Kennedy being the deciding justice.

What happens if Kennedy votes his conscience, and the law is overturned, and the administration ignores the ruling? And how will we even know if the administration obeys the ruling?

Remember during the Iran/Contra hearings when Oliver North's beautiful/ditzy secretary, Fawn Hall, quoted her boss as saying that "Sometimes we have to go above the written law?" We are seeing the same mindset today, but on a much broader, dangerous level.

[Lasher]

1. Oversight, my friend.

Soon it'll be a lot different. We'll have oversight for the first time in almost six miserable years. Some seem to think this is a quaint old custom but I think it's still a good idea. This is how we'll know if the administration obeys (and has obeyed) the law.

I believe they have done illegal things for which they will never pay, but the sheer volume of crimes and their arrogance gurantee their downfall once we have control of Congress. Once we really start peeling the layers back we're all going to be even more shocked, just wait and see.

There's already a line of Republics forming up, headed for the slammer. I believe there's room for plenty more.

[Syrinx]

2. I admire your optimism

I certainly think we will win the House. If not, it will be obvious that Massive Electronic Vote Fraud is no paranoid delusion.

[Lasher]

3. That's a good point.

Even if there were no electronic election fraud there are other forms - such as purging voters from registration lists in Florida in 2000, knowing that not all were convicted felons.

We shall see.