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	<title><![CDATA[Junking Checks and Balances?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aziz-huq/junking-checks-and-balanc_b_30518.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>"Checks and balances" has a nice ring. But it's a currency that doesn't go a long way in Washington today. </p>

<p>The Military Commissions Act of 2006, of MCA, passed by the House and Senate and likely to be signed by the President tomorrow is a wholesale assault on the idea of a limited government under law. It will be taken by the Bush Administration as a blank check to torture, to detain indefinitely without just cause, and to trample the...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:46:00-04:00</date_published>
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