It's very discouraging to see two leading proponents (President Bush and Rush Limbaugh) of stopping judicial activism and "reading into the Constitution" (by liberal judges) engage in reading into the Constitution themselves in the name of national security. The President has no more authority to do this than activist judges who do it for their own activist causes.
Bush is sending the message that he doesn't mean what he says when he says that strict interpretation of the Constitution is the way to go. He means that he wants others to have the strict Constitution while he bypasses it and assumes powers that he is not authorized to possess.
If Bush and company was serious about strict interpretation of the Constitution, he'd stop the military tribunals and Rush Limbaugh would be praising his decision to do so.
But instead, everyone who disagrees with President Bush's current course of action is labeled a Bush hater or a liberal. That's very unfortunate.
He can stop shooting himself in the foot anytime he wants. We'll keep waiting.
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