BushenFuhrer uses "The King can do no wrong" in a legal brief

[IChing]

Rex non potest peccare---"The King can do no wrong"

Bush Declares Eco-Whistleblower Law Void for EPA Employees
Stealth Repeal of Clean Water Act Protections by Invoking "Sovereign Immunity"

By: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
Published: Sep 4, 2006 at 08:40


The Bush administration has declared itself immune from whistleblower protections for federal workers under the Clean Water Act, according to legal documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). As a result of an opinion issued by a unit within the Office of the Attorney General, federal workers will have little protection from official retaliation for reporting water pollution enforcement breakdowns, manipulations of science or cleanup failures.

Citing an "unpublished opinion of the Attorney General's Office of Legal Counsel," the Secretary of Labor's Administrative Review Board has ruled federal employees may no longer pursue whistleblower claims under the Clean Water Act. The opinion invoked the ancient doctrine of sovereign immunity which is based on the old English legal maxim that "The King Can Do No Wrong." It is an absolute defense to any legal action unless the "sovereign" consents to be sued.>>>>snip

http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_41616.shtml

Is it a dictatorship yet?

[LynnTheDem]

1. So King george is now admitting he's King george.

How embarrassing that our "sovereign" is so deeply fucking ignorant & stupid. Couldn't we at least have an intelligent one???

[tbyg52]

10. Now that he's admitting it straight out,

does that make it better or worse.....?

[Solo_in_MD]

2. The doctrine of sovereign immunity has been used at all levels of

government for years, its not just the WH under this president.

That does not mean it does not stink.

[struggle4progress]

7. The issue at hand is to what extent Congress explicitly waived ..

.. sovereign immunity in a number of statutes protecting whistleblowers.

[lisainmilo]

3. i cannot stand him!

He makes me just sick!!!!!!!:grr:

You know, this upcoming election scares me too...I hope it will be an honest vote.
I really don't know what to do....move to a cave in the hills???
Will voting be a sham?

He does whatever he wants, whenever he wants, however he wants....and never has any consequences!

[and-justice-for-all]

4. There are no gods and there are no Kings!

[derby378]

5. This. Is. Fascism.

Feel motivated yet? I sure hope so...

[Canuckistanian]

6. Actually, it's the "Divine Right of Kings"

And to think, Bunnypants is appointed by God to rule?

God must have missed a few Human Resource meetings.

[zdux0013]

8. yeah

yeah

[eppur_se_muova]

9. OMG ... another "Onion moment" ...

You keep looking for "onion.com" in the link and it slowly dawns on you that IT ISN'T THERE ... this is ACTUAL NEWS, and Bu**sh** has declared himself to be The Sovereign ... time for the carts to roll through the streets of Paris again ...