I am opposed to impeaching the President of the United States until concrete solid evidence turns up. The only place I can currently see that happening is around the FISA wiretappings. Impeachment is not a process to recall an inept, incompetent or unpopular President. It is a specific legal process that requires proof of "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors". (more)
There is an unusual congruence of executive, congress and public opinion which is forcing a review of which branch of government can determine foreign policy. The Bush Administration believes in a time of war and national emergency in a unitary executive which has absolute power. Congress has usually deferred to the executive on foreign policy and left itself to its constitutional responsibility of the public purse, while public opinion is heavily against the executive at the moment and elected an opposition congress to curb the executive's foreign policy.
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Fred Barbash has an interesting article,
Why would Congress surrender
, where he argues silence also passes for action. He writes that Congress has been so timid in asserting its power as a branch that it is breaking the underlying assumption of the doctrine of separation of powers.
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