Initially I questioned the Obama Administration’s refusal to defend DOMA. On reflection, however, there may be precedent for their actions. Ilya Somin points out several precedents in both Republican and Democratic administrations that support the premise that the President may be justified in not supporting legislation he deems unconstitutional. During the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Truman […]
We are all just pawns: moral ambivalence & criminal offenses in the Clinton Cabinet
December 17, 2010 by
I read a startling story yesterday. Former Joint Chiefs of Staff retired General Hugh Shelton says in his memoir that in 1997 a Clinton cabinet member suggested letting Saddam Hussein shoot down a U2 spy plane to create a ruse to go to war against Iraq. It would provide for international sympathy and justification the Clinton Administration felt it needed […]
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