Legal Commentary

Wrong Under Bush, Wrong Under Obama

By Big Tent Democrat

Policies that were wrong under George W. Bush are no less wrong because Barack Obama is in the White House.

[It is] distressing is the curtain of secrecy the Obama administration has kept drawn over shameful abuses that should be brought into the light of day. . . . The Obama administration is also continuing the Bush administration’s abuse of the state-secrets privilege. . . . The Bush and Obama view of the state-secrets privilege effectively bars any real examination of such egregious mistakes.

The new president’s excessively cautious approach to the national security and civil liberties outrages of the Bush administration are unacceptable, and the organizations and individuals committed to fairness, justice and the rule of law — the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and many others — should intensify their efforts to get the new administration to do the right thing.

(Emphasis supplied.) To be fair, Herbert criticizes some Obama policies that I actually agree with. But if you disagree with these and others, take Herbert's advice to heart -- "intensify your efforts to get [Obama] to do the right thing."

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 23, 2009 (boomark / email).