{"id":3063,"date":"2007-08-09T09:39:09","date_gmt":"2007-08-09T15:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3063"},"modified":"2019-10-13T12:46:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T18:46:12","slug":"how-we-can-take-the-constitution-back-from-the-brink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/how-we-can-take-the-constitution-back-from-the-brink\/","title":{"rendered":"How We Can Take the Constitution Back From the Brink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/we_the_people.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/we_the_people.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By <\/strong><strong>Tara Lohan<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/\"><strong>AlterNet<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At no time in our country&#8217;s history has the abuse of power by the executive branch been more flagrant and more dangerous to democracy.<\/p>\n<p>In just the past month, the Bush administration has ordered employees to ignore congressional subpoenas, asserted broad new parameters for executive privilege and issued an executive order that could permit seizing assets of Americans deemed at its discretion to be hurting the war effort in Iraq. Meanwhile, the administration continues to spy on its own citizens, including widespread data mining of telephone records and emails.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office, Bush has pushed his authority past the bounds of the Constitution, and now a new group is ready to push back.<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tara Lohan, AlterNet. At no time in our country&#8217;s history has the abuse of power by the executive branch been more flagrant and more dangerous to democracy. 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