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Bush Administration Abusing 'Secret Law'

机译:布什政府滥用“秘密法律”

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The Bush Administration's excessive reliance on "secret law" threatens the effective functioning of American democracy, stated Dawn E. Johnsen, professor of law at Indiana University, Bloomington, in testimony to a Senate subcommittee. Johnsen contends that the withholding from Congress and the public of legal interpretations by the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) upsets the system of checks and balances between the Executive and Legislative branches of government. She testified that the key question is, "May OLC issue binding legal opinions that, in essence, tell the president and the Executive Branch that they need not comply with existing laws-and then not share those opinions and that legal reasoning with Congress or the American people? I would submit that clearly in our constitutional democracy, the answer to that question must be no.
机译:布卢明顿印第安纳大学法学教授道恩·约翰森在向参议院小组委员会作证时说,布什政府过分依赖“秘密法律”威胁着美国民主的有效运作。约翰森认为,美国司法部法律顾问办公室(OLC)禁止国会和公众对法律作出解释,这扰乱了行政部门与立法部门之间的制衡机制。她作证说,关键问题是:“ OLC可以发布具有约束力的法律意见,从本质上讲,它们告诉总统和行政部门他们不必遵守现有法律,然后不与国会或国会议员分享这些意见以及法律推理。美国人民?我想在我们的宪政民主中明确提出这一点,答案必须是“否”。

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    《USA today》 |2008年第2759期|p.10|共1页
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