{"id":1975,"date":"2007-06-01T10:25:04","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T16:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:39:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:39:24","slug":"dont-we-have-a-constitution-not-a-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/dont-we-have-a-constitution-not-a-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t We Have a Constitution, Not a King?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a> <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/marjoriecohn.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"marjoriecohn.jpg\" align= \"right\"\/><\/a>By Marjorie Cohn, Alternet<\/p>\n<p>As the nation focused on whether Congress would exercise its constitutional duty to cut funding for the war, Bush quietly issued an unconstitutional bombshell that went virtually unnoticed by the corporate media.<\/p>\n<p>The National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive, signed on May 9, 2007, would place all governmental power in the hands of the President and effectively abolish the checks and balances in the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>If a &#8220;catastrophic emergency&#8221; &#8212; which could include a terrorist attack or a natural disaster &#8212; occurs, Bush&#8217;s new directive says: &#8220;The President shall lead the activities of the Federal Government for ensuring constitutional government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What about the other two co-equal branches of government?<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Marjorie Cohn, Alternet As the nation focused on whether Congress would exercise its constitutional duty to cut funding for the war, Bush quietly issued an unconstitutional bombshell that went virtually unnoticed by the corporate media. 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