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Thursday, January 04, 2007

Bush Can Open Your Mail



President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant, the Daily News has learned.
The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued a "signing statement" that declared his right to open people's mail under emergency conditions

"[A] career senior U.S. official who reviewed the legal underpinnings of Bush's claim [said] "It takes Executive Branch authority beyond anything we've ever known."

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posted by Mike at 6:45 PM

1 Comments:

  • Given he did that with a signing statement, there is a big question of whether it will hold up in court. I don't believe there has yet been a case where a president attempted to do something he put in a signing statement and it was challenged in court.

    By Blogger Davíd, at January 10, 2007 10:20 AM  

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