Bush Appointees Bucking Obama On Terror Policies

Politico:

President Barack Obama's claims of broad executive authority to carry out the war on terror are drawing fire from an unexpected source: federal judges nominated by President George W. Bush, who asserted the sweeping powers in the first place.

In recent weeks, three different Bush appointees considering cases relating to war-on-terror detainees have rejected arguments from Obama's Justice Department, which adopted virtually unchanged the positions the Bush administration had staked out.

Read the whole story: Politico

Comments

[jimfl]

I'm sure there are people that could make a judge go away

[Durango]

Now there is a misleading headline.

Judges upholding the Constitution?

Judges appointed by Bush upholding the law?

Those are both much better headlines.

Funny thing when you get appointed to a lifetime position. You start to pay attention to the law. And the Constitution.

Justice Souter was no fluke.

[jmpurser]

Judges SELECTIVELY upholding the constitution

Judges appointed by Bush upholding the law when CONVENIENT

Or just:
Bush Judges put Partisan Politics above the Nation!

But of course by then we're getting into "dog bites man" stuff.

[SurrealPumpkin]

Bush Judges put the Nation above Partisan Politics!

It's more of a "man bites dog" story.

[fcsakes]

Bushie's judges did just what bushie's neoCONS wanted them to, whenever they wanted them to and whoever they wanted them to.

[Durango]

Haven't been paying attention have you/

The article is about Bush appointees who are ruling AGAINST Presidential powers.

Just like the Supreme Court has done recently.

They are ruling against the Neo-Con Unitary President, or Presidential is All Powerful in War Time.

And this should be noted and the judges thanked for doing their job.

[SurrealPumpkin]

Yay Team! It is now part of national law, thanks to conservative judges, that the President does not have unlimited powers :) :)

Much much better then a non-binding Presidential Policy. A Judicial Opinion carries the weight of the law.

[olmossy]

Until they want to expand Executive power for a NeoCon once again.

[RRG64]

exactly.

[grace14]

bush way of staying in control..obstruction--still on going

[SurrealPumpkin]

You're kidding! Those judges just undid all of Bush's hard work. does happy dance.

[fcsakes]

"bush" and "hard work" are mutually exclusive.

[OhComeOnNow]

What a shame they can't be "un-appointed"...

[dsgeorge]

tho I agree with reiging in executive powers I must say the GOP better back down on the phrase "judicial activism" because the way I see it a majority of the judges in this country and the "5-4" conservative Supreme Court seem to be ruling as "activists" thru their ideological ultra conservatism than precidence and the rule of law.

[SurrealPumpkin]

It's only activism when acorn loving socialists do it.

[PWM]

Prove ACORN is socalist.

Or do you consider encouraging minorities to vote socialism.

[RRG64]

socialism is privatizing the gains and socializing the losses which is exactly what the Republicans did the last 8 years, not to mention the trillions they just flat out stole.

[SurrealPumpkin]

Does no one recognize sarcasm?

[PWM]

This Supreme Court is the worst so far. They gave Bush the 2000 election when the Constitution never gave that power to the courts.

[progressivegreg]

Cheney (err Bush) WAY overreached on executive power in the "so called" war on terror (what a crock) I'm happy to see that power being reigned in. I feel much more comfortable with President Obama in charge instead of Cheney, but we do not elect kings, we elect executives and there MUST be checks and balances.

[Republicrats]

Good, it was wrong then and is wrong now! Executive overreach is a problem and should be reigned in.

[jmpurser]

The problem being with judges like this when another Republican gets in office they may well decide he DOES have these powers and away we go again. It's also the problem with Obama not investigating and prosecuting the Bush war crimes.

Putting party and convenience above nation and justice is bad.

[SurrealPumpkin]

Not likely, and there's not a thing they can do in any case unless it comes to court on appeal. If it does these opinions will be sitting there as precedents.

[mobedda]

While I hate like hell to agree with these human stains on the notion of justice, those really are powers best used with some oversight. This is America, after all, and we have a large government because checks and balances don't happen in a vacuum.

[SurrealPumpkin]

I'm delighted that the judges were ruled by the Constitution. No problem agreeing with them on this one.

[felisa11]

they are the moles that cheney left behind to spy on and destroy anything the President suggests.

[Republicrats]

No, they are judges seeking to curtail executive over reach not enumerated in the constitution.

[LiberTLover]

Which they approved in the first place? I think not.

[PWM]

The same judges who went along with the Patriot Act which violated the Bill of Rights.

Ya, sure.

[jacobomorales]

Get rid of them!!!

[Republicrats]

Did you read the story?

[MED1025]

Insubordination is a termination offense.

[Republicrats]

They are judges, different branch of govt.

[gopgoingdown]

He appointed all Bus h lovers, what do you expect!

[SDunn]

These are Bush appointees and not Obama's.