Citing an "unpublished opinion of the [Attorney General's] Office of Legal Counsel," the Secretary of Labor's Administrative Review Board has ruled federal employees may no longer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.
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Bush Declares Himself King
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- by PatmWed Sep 06, 2006 2:06 pmDiscussion elsewhere is predicting that Bush will use this or a similar old royalty priviledge law to let him run for another term. If another 9/11 is in the works, then he may even forgo election altogether and pull a Hitler.
- by RuralWed Sep 06, 2006 2:11 pmWhen this is viewed along with the closing of the recearch librarys <a href="http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php?story=20060830100806188">http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php?story=20060830100806188</a> its looking pretty scary, I wonder what holocaust he is planning to bring down upon us that he does not want to be brought to task for!<p>---<br>When you are up to your ass in alligators it is difficult to remember that the initial objective was to drain the swamp
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