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January 10, 2006
Alito On Executive Power
Not much new here... we'd be hard-pressed to think he wouldn't say what Specter goaded him to say.
Alito agrees with O'Connor's statement: "A state of war is not a blank check when it comes to our nation's citizens."
Alito: "Our Constitution applies in the times of peace and the times of war and it protects Americans under all circumstances. The Bill of Rights applies at all times. It's particularly important that we adhere to the bill of rights in times of war and times of national crisis because there's the greatest temptation to depart from them."
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