tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24008092.post996702381995811379..comments2023-05-20T08:26:50.208-07:00Comments on Valley of the Shadow: Democrats, please explain.....JSFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112671583392607007noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24008092.post-73874893723710631102007-03-09T18:10:00.000-08:002007-03-09T18:10:00.000-08:00Regardless of the nature of the perjury committed....Regardless of the nature of the perjury committed. The Constitution of the United States makes no distinctions, as Justice Harlan wrote in his powerful dissent in <I> Plessy v. Ferguson</I>, 163 U.S. 537 (1896) <BR/> <BR/><I>But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. <B>There is no caste here. Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most powerful.</B></I><BR/><BR/>This view has been enshrined in American jurisprudence since the earliest days of the Republic, as asserted by Chief Justice Marshall in <I>Marbury v. Madison</I>, 5 U.S.(1 Cranch) 137 (1803)<BR/><BR/><I>The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation, if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested legal right.</I> <BR/><BR/>This ideal has endured and will continue to endure for generations to come.NJZimmermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17472021826347943575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24008092.post-30042101395838467552007-03-07T09:50:00.000-08:002007-03-07T09:50:00.000-08:00I don't recall saying that it's not a crime. I'm s...I don't recall saying that it's not a crime. I'm saying that there are degrees of seriousness and a lie about sex isn't even in the same universe of seriousness as Libby's lies.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601863377056165200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24008092.post-55613406711776605882007-03-07T07:54:00.000-08:002007-03-07T07:54:00.000-08:00Perjury was a crime then and now. I don't remembe...Perjury was a crime then and now. I don't remember anyone saying it was fine before. I didn't and don't. But this all reminds me of my father telling my brother "You should never lie to a woman to get her to sleep with you, but you can kid them a little."Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24008092.post-28901353229111024072007-03-07T07:30:00.000-08:002007-03-07T07:30:00.000-08:00But Jason, is Perjury a crime or not? This also go...But Jason, is Perjury a crime or not? This also goes back to the 90's where Senator Bob Packwood was accused of sexual harrasment, as was President Bill Clinton, yet Bill Clinton got a pass on all his accusations from NOW. Do the rules not apply to Democrats?JSFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04112671583392607007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24008092.post-86996664640372090782007-03-07T06:49:00.000-08:002007-03-07T06:49:00.000-08:00I think what you lack here is perspective. Both me...I think what you lack here is perspective. Both men were guilty of lying under oath, and in both cases they were wrong. But there are degrees of seriousness. Clinton lied about a sex question which never should have been asked in the first place. Libby lied about playing politics with the lives of people who were telling the truth about the administration manipulating the world into going to war with Iraq. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out which one of these is a more serious problem. <BR/><BR/>And isn't it all too typical of a republican to face a serious problem within the Bush administration with yet more of the same tired old Clinton stuff? Bush is your mess, and nothing that Clinton ever did is relevant to what a complete and utter failure you pushed upon this country.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601863377056165200noreply@blogger.com