All Videos Tagged powers (i-Tube) - i-Tube 2024-05-17T11:19:24Z http://www.i-tube.net/video/video/listTagged?tag=powers&rss=yes&xn_auth=no Can Bush legally defy Congress and the Constitution? tag:www.i-tube.net,2009-06-08:2724187:Video:108288 2009-06-08T14:46:56.800Z Mitsos http://www.i-tube.net/profile/Mitsos <a href="http://www.i-tube.net/video/can-bush-legally-defy-congress"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2180980026?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br><a href="http://www.mslaw.edu">http://www.mslaw.edu</a><br></br> <br></br> It seems the answer is yes. How has President Bush provided himself with legal cover for his decisions regarding warrantless wiretapping and torture? Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Charlie Savage explains how Bush has controlled the Office of Legal Counsel, often called the most important government office you haveā€¦ <a href="http://www.i-tube.net/video/can-bush-legally-defy-congress"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2180980026?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br /><a href="http://www.mslaw.edu">http://www.mslaw.edu</a><br /> <br /> It seems the answer is yes. How has President Bush provided himself with legal cover for his decisions regarding warrantless wiretapping and torture? Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Charlie Savage explains how Bush has controlled the Office of Legal Counsel, often called the most important government office you have never heard of, when Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews him about his new book, Take Over -- The Return of the Imperial Presidency in This inversion of American Democracy, on this episode of The Massachusetts School of Laws Books of our Times.<br /> <br /> The full interview is available at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/265obf">http://tinyurl.com/265obf</a> . The Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public in television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit mslawledu.