tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990055.post113591670639921892..comments2024-01-26T01:52:53.198-05:00Comments on PolySigh: I Love the 70s!Philip Klinknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559722693896372701noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990055.post-1137439215472400902006-01-16T14:20:00.000-05:002006-01-16T14:20:00.000-05:00John,So if the congressional responses to Watergat...John,<BR/><BR/>So if the congressional responses to Watergate and other abuses of executive authority aren't the baselines, what are? Should we endorse the Nixonian view of almost unlimited executive power? Personally, I'm willing to grant some leeway for the type of surveillance that the the NSA engaged in, but it should be authorized by statute and have some judicial oversight. But then again, maybe not since we don't everything about this program. I'm not willing to approve something on blind trust.Philip Klinknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15559722693896372701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990055.post-1137435137285579872006-01-16T13:12:00.000-05:002006-01-16T13:12:00.000-05:00A yes, the 70's a time of congressional overreachi...A yes, the 70's a time of congressional overreaching, exemplified not only by FISA (1978) but also the War Powers Act which every President since it was enacted (over veto)has determined was unconstitutional. The Nixon debacle followed by the huge Democratic Congressional majorities lead to a sharp attack on Presidential authority. The gross imbalance between the branches of that time, as seen by the laws of dubious Constitutional vitality being enacted at the executives expense, should not be taken as a base line for what is either legal or Constitutional. Congressional hubris of this sort ought to be relegated to the same bin as old pet rocks.<BR/><BR/>John J. VecchioneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com