[Deathpenalty]FW: Filibuster Option

[Boyle, Francis]

Francis A. Boyle
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Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:02 AM
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Subject: Filibuster Option


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	Wednesday, January 25, 2006

	The Filibuster Option

ROBERT PARRY, robrtparry at aol.com, http://www.ConsortiumNews.com
    "With the fate of the U.S. Constitution in the balance, it's hard to
believe there's no senator prepared to filibuster Supreme Court nominee
Samuel Alito, whose theories on the 'unitary executive' could spell the end
of the American democratic Republic," ConsortiumNews.com editor Parry writes
in a recent article, "Alito Filibuster: It Only Takes One."
    Parry adds: "Alito's theory of the 'unitary executive' holds that Bush
can cite his 'plenary' -- or unlimited -- powers as Commander in Chief to
ignore laws he doesn't like, spy on citizens without warrants, imprison
citizens without charges, authorize torture, order assassinations, and
invade other countries at his own discretion." While at the Associated Press
and Newsweek, Parry broke much of the Iran-Contra scandal. His most recent
book is "Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to
Iraq."

PAUL ROGAT LOEB, paul at paulloeb.org, http://www.paulloeb.org
    Loeb has written a series of articles on the filibuster option including
"Alito's Clear and Present Danger" and "Filibustering Evasion." He is author
of the book "Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time"
and the editor of "The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's
Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear."

FRANCIS BOYLE, fboyle at law.uiuc.edu
    Professor of law at the University of Illinois, Boyle said today: "Alito
is an extremist. Any judge who refuses to declare that an innocent person
has a constitutional right to be free from execution is by definition an
extremist. ... If confirmed by the Senate, Alito will join Scalia, Thomas
and Roberts to form a solid block of four Federalist Society justices. ...
We need only one U.S. Senator with courage, integrity, principles and a safe
seat in order to start the filibuster."

JOHN BERG, jberg at suffolk.edu
    Professor and director of the graduate program in Professional Politics
at Suffolk University in Boston, Berg is author of "Unequal
Struggle: Class, Gender, Race and Power in the U.S. Congress." He said
today: "The American system of checks and balances works imperfectly -- but
it only works at all when there is some degree of balance. An Alito
confirmation would put all the institutions of the federal government under
the control of one party, at a time when more and more policy decisions are
driven by partisanship."

For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy: Sam
Husseini, (202) 347-0020, (202) 421-6858; or David Zupan, (541) 484-9167



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