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Constitutional Law

Dec. 6, 2001

Know-Nothings Chip Away at Democracy

In one sense, it is unfair to blame President Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft for their incompetent blundering in trying to capture those who may have been complicit in the Sept. 11 holocaust. Bush is not a lawyer and apparently knows nothing about American law.

        By Stephen Yagman
        
        In one sense, it is unfair to blame President Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft for their incompetent blundering in trying to capture those who may have been complicit in the Sept. 11 holocaust. Bush is not a lawyer and apparently knows nothing about American law. Though Ashcroft is a la...

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