{"id":30138,"date":"2012-09-07T23:10:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T05:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/07\/not-quite-sure-of-the-difference-between-unimpeded-executive-power-and-tyranny.html"},"modified":"2012-09-07T23:10:39","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T05:10:39","slug":"not-quite-sure-of-the-difference-between-unimpeded-executive-power-and-tyranny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/07\/not-quite-sure-of-the-difference-between-unimpeded-executive-power-and-tyranny.html","title":{"rendered":"Not quite sure of the difference between unimpeded executive power and tyranny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Not quite sure of the difference between unimpeded executive power and tyranny<\/b><\/p>\n<p>No, really.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#39;&quot;The court, whose duty it is to secure an individual&#39;s liberty from unauthorized and illegal Executive confinement, cannot now tell a prisoner that he must beg leave of the executive&#39;s grace before the court will involve itself. This very notion offends the separation-of-powers principles and our constitutional scheme.&quot;&#39;<\/i><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fi2.cdn.turner.com%2Fcnn%2F2012%2Fimages%2F09%2F06%2Ft1larg-gitmo-2.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/security.blogs.cnn.com\/2012\/09\/06\/judge-slams-military-efforts-to-limit-gitmo-detainee-access-to-lawyers\/?hpt=hp_bn13'>Judge slams military efforts to limit GITMO detainee access to lawyers<\/a><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/T29FxTELnoj' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not quite sure of the difference between unimpeded executive power and tyranny No, really. &#39;&quot;The court, whose duty it is to secure an individual&#39;s liberty from unauthorized and illegal Executive confinement, cannot now tell a prisoner that he must beg leave of the executive&#39;s grace before the court will involve itself. This very notion offends &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/07\/not-quite-sure-of-the-difference-between-unimpeded-executive-power-and-tyranny.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Not quite sure of the difference between unimpeded executive power and tyranny&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9450,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/07\/05\/proto_serenity.html","url_meta":{"origin":30138,"position":0},"title":"Proto-Serenity","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 5-Jul-06 11:33am","format":false,"excerpt":"There is, it is claimed, an early version of the Serenity script up for grabs on eBay; it's an earlier \"kitchen sink\" version, where Joss was unimpeded by thinks like,...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Firefly \/ Serenity&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Firefly \/ Serenity","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/franchises\/media-tv-fireflyserenity"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24944,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/30\/executive-power-and-the-presidential-candidates.html","url_meta":{"origin":30138,"position":1},"title":"Executive Power and the Presidential Candidates","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 30-Dec-11 9:23pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Is it a surprise to anyone that the GOP field (except Ron Paul), are all gung-ho behind the expansive executive powers that the Bush Administration, followed in so many ways by the Obama Administration, have championed? Of course, I'm sure they'll just use those powers for good, not evil. \"Did\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4849,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/12\/18\/due_process.html","url_meta":{"origin":30138,"position":2},"title":"Due process","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 18-Dec-03 11:52am","format":false,"excerpt":"The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that Jose Padilla cannot be detained as an enemy combatant (previous commentary here and here). 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