tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post4750370821689730476..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Laws are just nuisances anywayGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-19999578065053910052008-04-20T14:59:00.000-04:002008-04-20T14:59:00.000-04:00It does make one wonder as to how the waiver power...It does make one wonder as to how the waiver power allows him to ignore a court order, which is a different thing than waiving a a statute-based requirement.<BR/><BR/>If you haven't, you should read the piece on Chertoff in yesterday's (I think it was yesterday) LAT, it which he asserts his stubbornness on the subject of wall construction.Steven Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-60785267688791745252008-04-20T14:32:00.000-04:002008-04-20T14:32:00.000-04:00True. One of those "We gave you all this power, a...True. One of those "We gave you all this power, and thought we could trust you to use it wisely" types of things.Greg Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-3596428174902872712008-04-20T14:27:00.000-04:002008-04-20T14:27:00.000-04:00Of course, Congress (granted, a GOP controlled ver...Of course, Congress (granted, a GOP controlled version three years ago) gave this power to the DHS Sec, so it goes beyond simply an issue of the administration asserting this power.<BR/><BR/>Still, I concur that it is an utterly unacceptable situation--and one I wish that Congress would rectify by rescinding the power in question.Steven Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.com