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	Human Rights Watch World Report 2004: Above the Law: Executive Power after September 11 in the United States
		U.S. law permits detention of a witness when his or her testimony is material to a criminal proceeding, and when the witness presents a risk of absconding before testifying.
		During an international armed conflict, the laws of war permit the detention of captured enemy soldiers until the end of the war; it is not necessary to bring charges or hold trials.
		The administration insists that the laws of war give it unfettered authority to hold combatants as long as the war continues—and the administration argues that the relevant “war” is that against terrorism, not the long since concluded international armed conflict in Afghanistan during which most of the Guantánamo detainees were picked up.
	hrw.org /wr2k4/8.htm (8290 words)

	Above the Law (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Above the Law is a US 1988 action film directed by Andrew Davis in which a tough cop, Nico, plans to take down the CIA.
		Nico is a 6th dan aikido fl belt, a Vietnam War veteran.
		There is a rap group called Above the Law.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Above_the_Law_(film) (163 words)

	Law above the Law
		Most agree that those in charge of upholding law should be fair and impartial, treating similar situations with equality, not basing their judgments on the wealth, fame, race, or gender of those appearing before them.
		Positive law is municipal law, that is, a system of rules established by the governmental power of a state.
		Positive law can be based upon natural law, but generally this view of law is opposed to the classical understanding of natural law.
	www.studywell.org /articles/lawabovelaw.htm (2613 words)

	'Above the Law'
		"Above the Law," which offers Steven Seagal to the world as a new urban action hero, is woefully short on originality, intelligibility and anything resembling taste.
		First, it takes the high moral ground by exposing the CIA as the force behind all that is evil on the planet, then proceeds to pump lead into practically everything that moves.
		Above the Law, at area theaters, is rated R and contains scenes of graphic violence.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/abovethelawrhinson_a0c903.htm (360 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| World dispatch \| Above the law
		Last month, the Italian parliament approved a hugely controversial law that granted immunity from prosecution to five top state officials - the president, the head of the constitutional court, the speakers of the two houses of parliament and the prime minister.
		The ministry's argument would anyway be more understandable if it were not for the fact that, while the immunity bill was in parliament, members of Mr Berlusconi's own party repeatedly assured their opponents that it was intended solely to block trials and not investigations.
		The prosecutors, for their part, have argued that - whatever the scope of the law - Mr Caselli's intervention is at odds with Italy's penal code, which states that the justice ministry can only stop a rogatoire at the outset.
	www.guardian.co.uk /elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1005999,00.html (695 words)

	ABOVE THE LAW?
		Although the Law Ministry has no power to delay the notification, obviously the larger enterprise of protecting Thackeray from the consequences of his crimes is the Government's priority here.
		Once it had passed its judgment, all that the law required was for the E.C. to meet and pronounce a sentence on both Prabhoo and Thackeray.
		The Representation of the People Act grants the Law Ministry no discretion in the matter of handling a recommendation from the E.C., which means that the notification is a mere administrative formality.
	www.thehindu.com /fline/fl1606/16060420.htm (1979 words)

	Armed Females of America Pro Gun Women on Full Auto
		Anti-gun elitist politicians prop-up law enforcement officers as god-like heroes who are so well trained, that the average citizen could never hope to match their ability to thwart criminal attack.
		A a law enabling pilots to carry hanguns on board airlines has become the law of the land since this horrific event to which I have lost personal friends both police officers and civlians.
		Law enforcement in general had a golden opportunity to install at least our Second Amendment rights as HR 218 was signed into law this past June.
	www.armedfemalesofamerica.com /takingaim/above.htm (8924 words)

	Above the Law quotes & quotations
		laws are absolutely certain and indisputable, while those of other sciences are to some extent debatable and in constant danger of being overthrown by newly disco"
		The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: every single one was a liar.
		"Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; / Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God.
	en.thinkexist.com /quotes/with/keyword/above_the_law (552 words)

	EWG Report \|\| Above the Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		There is little factual evidence that anything other than stepped-up enforcement, larger fines, and tougher federal government oversight will increase compliance with environmental laws, and reduce the serious levels of air pollution that continue to plague most metropolitan areas in the United States.
		This report is a first step in what we hope is a long-term effort to educate and involve the public in enforcement of the nation's environmental laws.
		To assure that so-called audit privilege laws do not allow polluters to avoid or delay environmental compliance and hide their records from the public, the audit privilege laws that exist in 24 states should be repealed and replaced with U.S. EPA's audit policy.
	www.ewg.org /pub/home/reports/abovethelaw/abovethelawes.html (1247 words)

	Above the Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Burnham discusses the efforts to make the key-escrowed Clipper chip the de facto standard for encryption, Louis Freeh's campaign to outlaw strong encryption and obtain a vast expansion of federal wiretapping capability, and the sweeping use of telephone call logs to gain information on anyone who calls or is called by a suspect.
		In discussing the War on Drugs, Burnham takes a conventional liberal position; he does not dispute the legitimacy of laws criminalizing people's choice to ingest certain substances, but he recognizes that the enforcement of anti-drug laws is ineffective in stopping drug abuse, especially harsh on some ethnic groups, and often detrimental to people's liberties.
		Above the Law is heavy but rewarding reading for those who want to learn more about how the growth of government power has injured our liberties.
	www.mcgath.com /abovelaw.html (591 words)

	Above the Law? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In this republic we are a land of laws.
		In the case cited in the Washington Post, the Treasury Department, who enforces the law, imposed the fine because a U.S. Customs agent did their job and reported the infraction.
		Hence, those who violate the law are not only entitled to due process but also, if guilty, to pay the penalty.
	www.politixgroup.com /comm28.htm (542 words)

	Above The Law
		Essentially, there are three different types of presidential proclamations that may have force of law: (1) those which are directed to the employees or agents of the executive branch; (2) those which result from specific authorizations of Congress; and (3) those in connection with his role as commander-in-chief.
		To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States or in any department or officer thereof." Art.
		Watkins in 1948, affirmed that the language of the text of that law, plus the available writings on the subject, plus the legislative and judicial history of 150 years, all established that the President was granted very great discretionary powers with regard to "enemies" during wartime.
	www.lawandliberty.org /above.htm (6705 words)

	PhpWiki - Above The Law
		High on the global agenda by autumn 2002 was the declared intention of the most powerful state in history to maintain its hegemony through the threat or use of military force, the dimension of power in which it reigns supreme.
		Some international law specialists compare the invasion of Iraq to the "crimes against the peace" for which Nazi leaders were indicted at Nuremberg.
		"The grand attempt to subject the rule of force to the rule of law", he argues, should be deposited in the dustbin of history.
	g0lem.net /PhpWiki/index.php/AboveTheLaw (2841 words)

	Above the Law (1988) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I was watching television the other day, just flipping through the channels when I came upon 'Above the Law'.
		M.A. Rogers, in his commentary believes that Seagal's behavior contradicts his affirmation that nobody is above the law.
		The emotion of the scene in Above the Law is heightened because of Seagal's show of restrained emotion: one isn't convinced that he is a 'family man'.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0094602 (630 words)

	Above the law
		Just to make sure they are playing by the rules each province has its own law society, which of course is a self-governing body of lawyers that is supposed to protect the public interest in the administration of justice.
		The various law society's create boards filled with non-lawyers who sit in judgment of the members.
		No one who has ever passed the bar is allowed to work for the government in any other job except that of being a government paid lawyer and can not run for office for the 5 years even if they haven't worked as a lawyer.
	primetimecrime.com /contributing/2004/20040427Joseph.htm (605 words)

	Is Bush Above the Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Violations of law and common decency, national security threats, cover-ups, lies on top of lies, an insular Whitehouse, arrogant abuse of power, disregard for the public's right to know, circumvention of Congress - all are present in spades again.
		The Court's decision reflects Attorney General Alberto Gonzales belief that "The president's authority under the laws of our nation to try enemy combatants is a vital part of the global war on terror." This is a subtle way of saying that the president is above the law and can do as he pleases.
		The delusion that officeholders know better than the law is an occupational hazard of the powerful and one to which those of an imperial cast of mind are especially prone.
	www.crisispapers.org /topics/above-law.htm (2786 words)

	Military contractors -- Above the law? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		But even more outrageous is the fact that gaps in the law may have given them a free pass so that it could be impossible to prosecute them for alleged criminal behavior.
		But, of course, there are few established Iraqi legal institutions -- that is why we are running prisons in Iraq in the first place -- and, besides, coalition regulations explicitly state that contractors don't fall under their scope.
		That is why we have laws in the first place: to govern for the worst of human behavior, not hope for the best.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/10/EDGGG5VKTU1.DTL (937 words)

	Laogai Research Foundation (laogai.org)
		Cesare Beccaria, an 18th-century Italian law expert, stated that ¡°no man can be judged a criminal until he be found guilty; nor can society take from him the public protection until it have been proved that he has violated the conditions on which it was granted.
		Certain clauses in China¡¯s Criminal Procedure Law have been abolished, such as the clauses allowing ¡°shelter and investigation¡± and residential surveillance, and the clause requiring obtaining bail prior to trial, detention, and arrest.
		The central government claims to respect human rights and the rule of law, but ¡°double regulations¡±, the CCP¡¯s disciplinary measure, is now widely used throughout the country to restrict people¡¯s freedom arbitrarily under the guise of ¡°fighting corruption¡±.
	www.laogai.org /news/newsdetail.php?id=2282 (3927 words)

	Above the Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Moore said the Rev. Martin Luther King “is proof enough that great men do follow the rule of law and not the rule of man.” First of all, the “rule of law” is the “rule of man.” So it's a ridiculous statement to make.
		Asked on CNN whether he would support an Islamic monument to the Koran in the rotunda of the federal building, Moore replied, “This nation was founded upon the laws of God, not upon the Koran.
		Protesters burned copies of six Supreme Court decisions they said had dealt a setback to (the Christian) religion, demonstrating a predilection for ignoring laws that are inconvenient and represent the rights of those who don't share their fanatical religious beliefs.
	home.earthlink.net /~exodus22/essays/abovethelaw.htm (1297 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Egypt \| Setting America above the law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The law, however, specifically exempts 27 states from the threat to cut military aid.
		In other instances, the US has tried to force states to not ratify the Rome Statute, as in the case of the Philippines and Georgia (both nations host American soldiers as part of the 'War on Terror').
		US President George W Bush also signed a bill into law last year giving him the broad mandate to use "all means necessary and appropriate" to free American soldiers held by the court.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/647/eg1.htm (1430 words)

	Balkinization
		Yoo also tries to defend one of the most wrongheaded claims in the torture memo, the claim that Congressional laws that impinge on the President's assertions of his Commander-in-Chief power should be construed not to apply to the President.
		It follows that if the President determines that torture does not violate the law, it does not violate the law, and if he orders his subordinates to torture people, they are immunized from later prosecution.
		He merely says that a particular clause of the Constitution allows detention of people in times of emergency, that in the absence of a clear statement as to who makes this decision, he has the right to make it, and that he will be held to account if he abuses his power.
	balkin.blogspot.com /2004_06_06_balkin_archive.html (2478 words)

	Ed Morgan INDEX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He was a law clerk to Madam Justice Bertha Wilson of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1984-85.
		From 1986-89 he was a professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, from 1989-97 he practiced civil litigation at Davies, Ward & Beck, and in 1998 he rejoined the Faculty of Law as a full time professor teaching in the fields of constitutional law and international law.
		Above all, he excited alarm by publishing works on the subject in the vernacular, and thus spreading the new doctrine, which was startling even for the learned, amongst the masses who were incapable of forming any sound judgment concerning it.
	www.ukar.org /morgan/morgan.html (1852 words)

	Above The Law
		And a week later, on January 26, 2001 — after the Bush administration took office — Browner's Chief of Staff, the Deputy EPA Administrator, and the Associate Deputy EPA Administrator, also had the hard drives of their office computers erased.
		What those left-wing Senators had in mind, of course, was that Ashcroft enforce the various leftist agendas enacted into law, but those Senators never intended that Ashcroft should actually try to enforce the law against one of their own darlings on the left.
		There is now irrefutable evidence, based of admissions by the EPA, that high officials of the Clinton EPA violated the law, violated a court order, and obstructed the administration of justice by destroying relevant evidence.
	www.tysknews.com /Depts/Environment/above_the_law.htm (1113 words)

	Not above the law
		The commission affirmed that no governor is above the law and nothing Patton says can dilute that message.
		Last week, Patton asked a Franklin County Circuit Court to rule the ethics law unconstitutional and asked the hearing on Nov. 17 be postponed.
		When that was denied, Patton settled, but still claimed the commission reinterpreted the law to get him.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2003/11/18/editorial_ed1a.html (406 words)

	ei: Putting Israel's weapons above the law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Whenever Israel's WMD are brought up, the standard defence of Israel is that it is a tiny country surrounded by vicious enemies that want to destroy it and therefore its possession of nuclear and other weapons ought to be tolerated until the Arab-Israeli conflict is completely resolved.
		In other words, Israel must be treated as the only state exempt from all laws and norms, because of a set of utterly untrue premises.
		It is untrue because despite the official history that must be repeated in the United States, Israel was the aggressor in each and every war with its neighbours.
	electronicintifada.net /v2/article2368.shtml (1433 words)

	ABOVE THE LAW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Myth: The Justice Department is a rational and evenhanded law enforcement mechanism.
		The department's legal reach is vast, extending to social controversies of race, religion and economics as well as to thousands of criminal and civil laws, including espionage; mail fraud; corruption; racketeering; vote-fixing; pollution; computer crimes; adulterated food and drugs; price-fixing; tax fraud; gambling; forgery; and the sale, manufacture or possession of illicit drugs.
		In Above the Law, David Burnham reveals the chilling truth about this powerful arm of the government.
	www.epic.org /epic/board/burnham/book.html (466 words)

	Torture, War, and Presidential Powers by Rep. Ron Paul
		The Justice department is charged with enforcing federal laws, not suspending them or advising federal agencies to ignore them.
		War does not justify the suspension of torture laws any more than it justifies the suspension of murder laws, the suspension of due process, or the suspension of the Second amendment.
		Conservatives should understand that the power given the president today will pass to the president’s successors, who may be only too eager to abuse that unbridled power domestically to destroy their political enemies.
	www.lewrockwell.com /paul/paul185.html (640 words)

	'Above the Law'
		In Andrew Davis' "Above the Law," there's a new vigilante bullying for bucks -- flbelter Steven Seagal.
		In a movieworld full of vengeful toughs (Charles B., Chuck N., Arnold Schw.), this cross between Christopher Lambert and Anthony Perkins stands out: mysterious, gangly, tall (6-foot-4), weirder than David Byrne and full of uncertain menace behind those Clint-squint eyes.
		So he tells his wife and kid to stay put because, hey -- there's bone-breaking to be done.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/abovethelawrhowe_a0b157.htm (296 words)

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