Sen Arlen Specter speaks out on Presidential power and flexes his own muscle

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Sen. Specter is causing the Administration and the President "agita". This is because he has threatened to cut off all funding for the NSA's wiretapping program on domestic calls done without FISA Court approval. That a way Senator. I'll bet the rest of your Republican colleagues are now sorry they didn't have you removed as head of the Judiciary Committee for your stand on a Woman's Right to Choose. Little did they know you would act responsibly as a U.S Senator with oversight responsibility and that you would actually carry out that responsibility in keeping with your sworn oath to uphold the Constitution.

Sen. Specter is quoted as saying yesterday, "Institutionally, the presidency is walking all over Congress at the moment. If we are to maintain our institutional prerogative, that may be the only way we can do it." For more on the interview see here.
Specter was referring to cutting off funds for the National Security Agency's wire-tapping program which I have written about extensively below. See my post titled, Wiretapping by Bush IS Illegal - so says the ABA (American Bar Association).

The honorable Senator Specter is turning out to be a very rare Republican Senator with some real spunk on difficult issues. Bravo!!

If you haven't read enough on the abuse of power by this President read the newly released report titled, Power Surge: The Constitutional Record of George W. Bush from the Cato Institute. For those of you thinking these guys are democrats you might be interested in reading this piece, where the same authors had extensively written on Bill Clinton with the following piece titled, Dereliction of Duty: The Constitutional Record of President Clinton