As President Barack Obama approaches the daunting challenges of his
second term, confronting such complex issues as the "Fiscal Cliff,"
unemployment, immigration and foreign wars, it is imperative that he
also devote the authority and resources of his administration to
restoring the Rule of Law.
The American ideal of the Rule of Law took a beating under President Bush and four years ago candidate Obama campaigned to change all that. "These last few years we've seen an unacceptable abuse of power at home," Obama said in Chicago in October of 2007. "We've paid a heavy price for having a president whose priority is expanding his own power."
Read more: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12913-will-president-obama-restore-the-rule-of-law-during-his-second-term
The American ideal of the Rule of Law took a beating under President Bush and four years ago candidate Obama campaigned to change all that. "These last few years we've seen an unacceptable abuse of power at home," Obama said in Chicago in October of 2007. "We've paid a heavy price for having a president whose priority is expanding his own power."
Read more: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12913-will-president-obama-restore-the-rule-of-law-during-his-second-term
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