We already live in a divided country, and prosecuting the Bush administration now would not do much good. People should take steps to make sure these kinds of things don't happen again. In a way this is more political vengeance than other things, because it seems as if people could have taken actions to stop it while he was still in office. In your last paragraph you mentioned precedent, while you are right, what kind of precedent would it be for incoming administrations to arrest and prosecute the old one when a new party takes power. I owuld only like to see some sort of prosecution if it is done by republicans as well as democrats.

by nmaks on 01/27/2009 03:25:13 PM EST

If prosecuting those who knowingly flout the law, behave as if they were legally entitled to act as dictator, and as if the laws of the land, including international treaties, simply don't apply to them, if prosecuting such people would not do much good, then stick a fork in the American Experiment in Rule of Law; it's done.

 

by MixedContent on 01/27/2009 06:17:31 PM EST

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"what kind of precedent would it be for incoming administrations to arrest and prosecute the old one when a new party takes power. I owuld only like to see some sort of prosecution if it is done by republicans as well as democrats."

 

Hey, I've got a fresh idea here: I would only like to see prosecutions if they are for actual, significant crimes, and conducted according to law, how about that?

 

And no, a pompino doesn't count.

 

by MixedContent on 01/27/2009 06:28:22 PM EST

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