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“… We ought to consider what is the end of government, before we determine which is the best form. Upon this point all speculative politicians will agree, that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and moral philosophers will agree that the happiness of the individual is the end of man. From this principle it will follow, that the form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest number of persons, and in the greatest degree, is the best. All sober inquirers after truth, ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue. Confucius, Zo-roaster, Socrates, Mahomet, not to mention authorities really sacred, have agreed in this. If there is a form of government, then, whose principle and foundation is virtue, will not every sober man acknowledge it better calculated to promote the general happiness than any other form? Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and miserable, that Americans will not be likely to approve of any political institution which is founded on it.” John Adams
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Federal Sovereignty over Power of the States 1819 McCulloch v. Maryland Decided: The federal government has sovereign power over the power of the states. http://www.landmarkcases.org/mcculloch/home.html
Separation of Powers
1988, June 27 Morrison v. Olson Decided: The 1978 “Ethics in Government Act” did not violate the constitutional principles of separation of powers. The act empowered the Attorney General to appoint an independent counsel to investigate and, if necessary, to prosecute government officials for certain violations of federal laws. http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/261/\ Judicial Authority 1803 Marbury v. Madison Decided: Supreme Court Justices are the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions. http://www.landmarkcases.org/marbury/home.html http://www.landmarkcases.org/marbury/jefferson.html http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20030224_grossman.html Executive Privilege 1974 United States v. Nixon Decided: Executive privilege is not absolute but can be overcome if a judge concludes that there is a compelling governmental interest in getting access to the otherwise privileged conversations, as in the case of the Nixon tapes. | |||||
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Related Ideas
Electronic Frontier Foundation: “Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act” http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Terrorism_militias/fisa_faq.html Electronic Privacy Information Center: “Wiretapping” http://www.epic.org/privacy/wiretap/ Wikipedia: “Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act 2005, September 1 The Nation "Spying on the Protesters" by John S. Friedman http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050919/friedman
2005, December 14 MSNBC "Is the Pentagon Spying on Americans?" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10454316/
2006, January 19 U.S. Department of Justice: “Legal Authorities Supporting the Activities of the National Security Agency Described by the President” http://www.c-span.org/pdf/nsa2.pdf
2006, August 17 MSNBC Federal Judge Rules That Government's Warrantless Wiretapping Program Is Unconstitutional and Infringement on the Right to Privacy and Free Speech | |||||
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Related Blogs [ALPHABETICAL]
The All Spin Zone http://www.allspinzone.com/blog/ AlterNet AMERICAblog http://americablog.blogspot.com/ Americans Debate Blog http://www.americansdebate.com/blog/ ANDERSON COOPER 360 BLOG http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/ The Angry Arab http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ Back to Iraq BobGeiger.com http://www.bobgeiger.blogspot.com/ Calling All Wingnuts (published by Mike Stark) http://callingallwingnuts.com/
Common Cause - Holding Power Accountable - Common Blog counterpunch Crooks and Liars http://www.crooksandliars.com/ The Daily Dish – Andrew Sullivan (blog) http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/
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Dem Bloggers The Democratic Party - KICKING ASS (blog) http://www.democrats.org/blog.html Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com/ Democrats.com – The Aggressive Progressives FAIR - Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting The Fudge Report Global Voices Online http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/
Hammorabihttp://hammorabi.blogspot.com/
Here in Reality - Iraq Blogs http://www.hereinreality.com/iraq_blogs.html HOTSOUP
Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ In the Middle - Raed Jarrar’s Blog
http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/
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