Cross-posted at StreetProphets.com, a dKos community.
On December 16, the New York Times reported that the President, upon the recommendation of the Attorney General, approved wiretaps and other electronic surveillance of US citizens without seeking or attaining a warrant from a court. On December 17, the President defiantly confirmed that he had, in fact, authorized such surveillance on American citizens. He claimed that these actions were taken pursuant to the authority vested in the President under the Constitution, as well as the authority granted to the President by Congress.
As this constitutional crisis unfolds, it is vital to state that neither justification given by the President on December 17 is legitimate. Most importantly, the President's actions violate the one single theological statement made in our nation's founding documents. In light of the single theological premise of our nation's founding, the President has violated not only the laws and constitution of the United States, but has violated "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God."
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