to the people of Sydney from a US citizen. You can help your American cousins out -in a small way- by complaining bitterly about your government's acquiescence to Bush's security demands. The man views himself as more or less an absolute monarch. He is a real danger to us and the rest of the world.
The primary function of the judiciaray is to interpret the law. They determine if a law is both constituional and if it conforms to other sources of law: statutes, case law, regulations, etc. In this case, the wiretaps have both constitutional (separation of powers, commander and chief) and other legal (FISA) implications.
Um, sorry, yes I am. I am a citizen of the US by virtue of the fact that I was born here. I am a citizen of my home state because I am a US citizen that resides there and intends to continue to reside there. This is not the same as "dual citizenship" the term means slightly different things when applied to US or state citizenship.
In any event, the article doesn't give enough useful information to form a firm judgment about whether these two fine gentlemen were appropriately charged. I might mention that courts do have a somewhat higher standard of behavior than, say, your favorite board, so its not really that suprising that the two were charged.
I would not be shocked if the whole thing is quitely dropped. The court made its point.
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to the people of Sydney from a US citizen. You can help your American cousins out -in a small way- by complaining bitterly about your government's acquiescence to Bush's security demands. The man views himself as more or less an absolute monarch. He is a real danger to us and the rest of the world.
The primary function of the judiciaray is to interpret the law. They determine if a law is both constituional and if it conforms to other sources of law: statutes, case law, regulations, etc. In this case, the wiretaps have both constitutional (separation of powers, commander and chief) and other legal (FISA) implications.
Um, sorry, yes I am. I am a citizen of the US by virtue of the fact that I was born here. I am a citizen of my home state because I am a US citizen that resides there and intends to continue to reside there. This is not the same as "dual citizenship" the term means slightly different things when applied to US or state citizenship. In any event, the article doesn't give enough useful information to form a firm judgment about whether these two fine gentlemen were appropriately charged. I might mention that courts do have a somewhat higher standard of behavior than, say, your favorite board, so its not really that suprising that the two were charged. I would not be shocked if the whole thing is quitely dropped. The court made its point.