Cheney asserts independent power from Bush.
Cheney asserts independent power from Bush.
Vice President Cheney signed on to a brief filed by a majority of Congress yesterday that urged the Supreme Court to declare Washington D.C.’s handgun ban is unconstitutional, “breaking with his own administration’s official position.” The administration has called for the Supreme Court to return the case to lower courts for further review:
In order to make his dramatic break with the administration, Cheney invoked his rarely used status as part of Congress, joining the brief as “President of the United States Senate, Richard B. Cheney.” It is a position he has used at times to make the point that he is sometimes part of the legislative branch and sometimes part of the executive.
“Lawyers with long experience at the court could not recall another case in which a vice president took a position different from that of his own administration.” To my knowledge, I don’t recollect it ever happening before,” said Richard Lazarus, co-director of the Supreme Court Institute at Georgetown Law Center.
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Cheney: YES, YOU WILL ALL DO WHAT I SAY! OTHERWISE, I WILL SCOWL AT THEE, AND TELL THOU TO “GO FU(K THYSELF!”
ARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!
February 9th, 2008 at 12:51 pmShorter Dick Cheney:
“President of the United States
February 9th, 2008 at 12:55 pmSenate, Richard B. Cheney.â€Don’t ya’ll know Cheny has always been the real president?
It’s just his hand gets tired sometimes and he has to pull it out of Bush’s ass now and then and wash it.
February 9th, 2008 at 12:58 pmCheney loves his guns more than he loves his daughter. Or else why wouldn’t he support his daughter’s rights to marry?
February 9th, 2008 at 1:00 pmI would personally finance providing anyone that was close enough to lay eyes on The WarPigs with the handgun of their choice .
With a disclaimer stating that the use of their new toy was of course, encouraged, but obviously at their own risk.
February 9th, 2008 at 1:03 pmI’d like to see the rethuglican response when VP Edwards takes it upon himself to run policy out of his office at variance with Hill/Barack.
February 9th, 2008 at 1:13 pmDick would be great in a remake of La Cage Aux Folles. Can’t you hear him singing “I Am What I Am… I am my own special person”?
I ‘d love to see him in drag playing opposite Rudy!!
February 9th, 2008 at 1:13 pmHe’s probably slated to be on the NRA payroll after his current gig.
February 9th, 2008 at 1:29 pmI ‘d love to see him in drag playing opposite Rudy!!
Comment by Saint Augustine — February 9, 2008 @ 1:13 pm
I’d rather see him in a remake of Nazi War Crime Trials (1945)
February 9th, 2008 at 2:12 pmWe always knew he was the real President.
February 9th, 2008 at 2:34 pmThat man is disgusting. We all know he is really the president: the Edgar Bergen to Bush’s Charlie McCarthy, but this in-your-face, I-make-my-own-rules attitude is enough to make me wish that his heart battery would rust from all of his corrosion.
February 9th, 2008 at 2:53 pmI remember when Cheney suffered his heart problems. The joke going around, was that …”Bush was a heartbeat away from the presidency”. So true.
February 9th, 2008 at 3:05 pmIf you’re advocating against gun safety laws, do you really want Dick Shot A Man In The Face Cheney on your side?
February 9th, 2008 at 3:35 pmSo if Bush doesn’t rein in Cheney, does that mean he has cut and run?
February 9th, 2008 at 3:38 pmSomeone with a magnet needs to give cheney a big hug.
February 9th, 2008 at 4:38 pmWell, we all know what will happen:
- In November, there will be a Democratic president elect.
- Immediately after the election, Bush will pardon every single member of his admin/cabinet from prosecution of any crimes regarding torture.
- Because of the admin’s current public admission of allowing torture to Congress, Bush will resign, as the public admission of torture is an impeachable offense.
- Cheney will step in as official President and pardon Bush.
(http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/30882)
The handgun stance will be the first “break” from the administration’s as Cheney is starting to prepare himself to become the Unitary Executive.
February 9th, 2008 at 4:54 pmSooo… Then Cheney is THE HEAD of the do-nothing Senate the wingnuts harp about constantly?
Man, it’s hard to keep your bearings when things twist and turn so much…
February 9th, 2008 at 5:55 pmSooo… Then Cheney is THE HEAD of the do-nothing Senate the wingnuts harp about constantly? …
Comment by FearandSmear — February 9, 2008 @ 5:55 pm
hey… will have to remember that as a comeback…
snipe: “that do-nothing democrat (sic) congress”
retort: “of which cheeeney is the president”
better wits could fix that…
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… good lord… no wonder they’re not able to get anything done…
February 9th, 2008 at 6:25 pm…
Impeach Cheney–TWICE!
February 9th, 2008 at 7:34 pm