Do we have checks and balances anymore?

Senator considers suit over Bush law challenge

By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | June 28, 2006

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Some things I took away from this article:

• Most Republicans in the Senate seem loath to enforce what our founding fathers envisioned as a system of checks and balances that would prevent tyranny.



• If well qualified lawyers can disagree on what the law means, the law is too ambiguous. We should fix that. Any lawyer imparting partisan politics as expert opinion should be disbarred.



• Reinforced opinion that Bush really wants to be a dictator, and appears to be succeeding.