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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Save our Constitution, Save our Governemnt

Today I want Justices Holmes' & Brandeis' statement (written in their dissenting opinion to Gitlow v New York) to ring loud and true: "Every Idea is an Incitement." Especially the ideas that Al Gore expressed yesterday. We are at a constitutional crisis if we do not regain the rule of law and limit the power the president has assumed--a president can not be above the law (see:Nixon) . I do not want to live in an authoritarian government under King George.

Here's the citation for Gore's speech, please read it!
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0116-34.htm

# posted by Dr. JAM : 8:09 AM

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Dr.JAM is a professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY. Her main focus is teaching students to be critical thinkers and active citizens. She worked in both the Koch and Cuomo administrations before returning to academia. She teaches Modern Political Thought, Contemporary Ideologies, Feminist Political Thought, American National Government, Political Ideas and Issues, Political and Social Movements, among other courses. She writes a regular column (Walk the Talk) in InsideOut (tm). She has written many articles and books including The Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage (Rowman Littlefield, 2003). An active citizen, she served on the boards of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater (where she once was cook); The Grace Smith House,currently she serves on the (executive) boards of the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at ValKill and the Ulster County Democratic Women. $>

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

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