Usurping Congressional Power
If you were a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, what would you ask Samuel Alito about his record and judicial philosophy? Send us your questions, and as the hearings unfold, TheNation.com will publish the best of them.
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The Trials of Ehren Watada
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Can Green Jobs Be Good Jobs?
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Judge Alito, do you still believe that the President can usurp the legislative authority of Congress? Do you deny that the Constitution entrusts Congress, and not the executive branch, with lawmaking power?
Torture and Accountability
President Bush recently signed into law the "McCain amendment" to a military spending bill outlawing the "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" of detainees. But in the process he reserved the right under another one of Alito's "signing statements" to bypass the torture ban under his powers as Commander in Chief. David Golove, a New York University law professor who specializes in executive power issues, told the Boston Globe that the signing statement means that Bush believes he can still authorize harsh interrogation tactics when he sees fit.
Judge Alito, do you believe that the President's powers as Commander in Chief allow him to authorize torture in certain circumstances? Do you believe the Constitution grants the executive the power to defy an express Congressional ban on torture?
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