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Former Vice President Al Gore delivers an address to the American Constitution Society on the threat posed by policies of the Bush Administration to the Constitution and the checks and balances.

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/

[MelissaB]

1. Link to the article that goes with the picture

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13639835.htm

interesting...

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2. especially the end of the article

The former vice president hasn't ruled out another run for the presidency, and his condemnation of Bush's actions was so harsh that it may signal a renewed interest in political life.

Gore noted that the Bush administration had wanted Congress to authorize him to use military measures domestically when it passed the post-Sept. 11 resolutions sanctioning the use of force abroad. But Congress didn't give Bush permission to use such tactics domestically.

"When President Bush failed to convince Congress to give him all the power he wanted ... he secretly assumed that power anyway, as if congressional authorization was a useless bother," Gore said.

"If the president has the inherent authority to eavesdrop on Americans without a warrant, imprison citizens on his own declaration, kidnap and torture them, what can't he do?" the former Democratic vice president asked rhetorically.