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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Raw Cadet: [QB] I agree, a war is a war, but a constitutional government cannot act on "if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck . . . ;" a constitution is written for the very purpose of spelling out what powers a government has and when. Thus, until war is declared by Congress (unless it already has), I would say the government is on shaky ground when it increases it powers in response to September 11, no matter what the precedent is. Indeed, acting on precedent is more of a common-law way of doing things, not a constitutional way of doing things. I only mention this because those that have no problem with the President and Attorney General assuming greater/"wartime" powers are usually the same people who claim the constitution is not to be interpreted or violated in any way. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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