Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Thank You Congressman Jones!

WASHINGTON, DC – Today Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC) introduced H. J. Res. 14, a joint resolution concerning the use of force by the United States against Iran. The resolution requires that – absent a national emergency created by an attack, or a demonstrably imminent attack, by Iran upon the United States or its armed forces – the President must consult with Congress and receive specific authorization prior to initiating any use of military force against Iran.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Perhaps Congress should also consider introducing resolutions in support of the right of habeas corpus, given Attorney General Gonzales' recent remarks:

GONZALES: [T]here is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There is a prohibition against taking it away. But it's never been the case, and I'm not a Supreme...
SPECTER: Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute. The Constitution says you can't take it away, except in the case of rebellion or invasion. Doesn't that mean you have the right of habeas corpus, unless there is an invasion or rebellion?
GONZALES: I meant by that comment, the Constitution doesn't say, "Every individual in the United States or every citizen is hereby granted or assured the right to habeas." It doesn't say that...

Resolutions on other Constitutional rights to follow.

Bill

James A Bond said...

Oh My Gawd! With people like Gonzalez in power I feel like we're living in some kind of Orwellian world in which Big Brother is slowly but irrevocably stripping us of rights through the narrowest possible interpretations of the Constitution. Here is another Bush appointee who has apparently little, if any, concern for civil liberties unless they are so absolutely explicitly spelled out that no one could possibly misinterpret. This guy apparently swore to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic [and] bear true faith and allegiance to the same" BUT only the narrowest interpretation that he himslf chooses to put on it. The line between supporting and defending the Constitution and being a 'domestic enemy' has apparently narrowed considerably.