The passage of what can only be described as neo fascist laws that dramatically undermine the American system of jurisprudence strikes me as a momentous bellwether. [1]

On top of this stunning event in American history, Attorney General Gonzales has issued a warning to all federal judges not to meddle with the newly garnered dictatorial powers of the president. [2]

I BELIEVE THIS DIRECTIVE IS A SERIOUS WARNING.

So, you ask, what could happen to a judge snubbing his nose at this warning? Here's what might happen: any judge ignoring such an implied threat of retribution might find himself actually facing an 'in camera' hearing during which the judge would find himself summarily impeached and removed from the bench.

'In camera' means 'in a chamber'. The term is applied to hearings held secretly in a courtroom or judicial chambers. I absolutely do not put it past the cabal to stamp out judicial opposition using this blunt fascist maneuver. Would it be legal? Of course not, but legality long ago stopped being a consideration for the ruling cabal. The PNAC ("Plan for a New American Century") gang members almost certainly are feeling their oats after their stunning victories on Capitol Hill.

They just might feel that now is the time to strike powerfully against what they see as an annoying American jurisprudence, and to do so with stunning forcefulness and secrecy before the country can even grasp what has happened. It is now apparent that a namby pamby Congress would not stand in the way of a move to crush the judiciary.

CONSIDER THAT BUSH WILL NOW HAVE THE POWER TO DECLARE ANY DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN AMERICA AN 'ENEMY COMBATANT' AND THEN DISAPPEAR HIM OR HER FOREVER.

 That fundamentally cripples justice in America. So where does the cabal go from there? Use your imagination. A final trampling of the judicial branch strikes me as likely, now that the cabal has steamrolled the legislative branch of government.

BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY

One can hardly overly inflate one's speculations at this time in American history if as I suspect we now may be entering America's darkest hour. I know this may seem like wild guessing, but it's about time we started being honest about what has happened to this country.

Please understand that I'm not predicting anything. I'm only painting possible scenarios that may have seemed totally mad not so long ago, but now seem perilously close to being possible. This is an extraordinarily perilous moment in American history. Anybody who can't see that is wearing blinders. We are now all sitting on the deck of Lusitania, while an orchestra plays to calm our fears.

I repeat, the Attorney General of the United States has warned federal judges not to meddle with the new powers of the president. I cannot remember an AG ever warning judges not to tamper with the expanding powers of a president. That warning has to be characterized as ominous. Keep in mind that the cabal killed three thousand citizens on 9/11 without a twitching of moral conscience. Hence, the cabal that is now in control of this nation quite possibly sees a complete transmuting of America into a fascist state within their grasp.

They need only cross the Rubicon...Think about it. [3]-[14]

ENDNOTES:

[1] Jerry Mazza's 10/2/06 Online Journal essay, "Desperate Measure From Desperate Men" [And I might add, for desperate times. I’m talking about the US Senate passing the Military Commissions Act of 2006 that discards key human rights protections. This is an act of a desperate president, seeking to rally support for his failed and brutal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, by further rallying the spineless and frightened Congress around the flag. The more Bush is cornered by failure, the more he goes on the attack and flails fearful legislators with the loss of their jobs if they’re not "patriotic" enough.]: http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1266.shtml

[2] Michael Sniffen's 9/29/06 Truthout/AP article, "Gonzales Cautions Judges On Interfering" [In an unprecedented public statement, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales warned federal judges to neither oppose nor interfere with the extra-constitutional expansion of George W. Bush's presidential powers.]: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/093006Y.shtml

[3] Marjorie Cohn's 10/1/06 CounterPunch essay, "A Constitutional Shredding: Rounding Up US Citizens" [Because the Military Commissions Act of 2006 governing the treatment of detainees was adopted with lightning speed, barely anyone noticed that it empowers Bush to declare not just aliens, but also U.S. citizens, "unlawful enemy combatants."]: http://www.counterpunch.org/cohn09302006.html

[4] Richard Kim's 10/1/06 The Nation essay, "RIP, Bill Of Rights, RIP" [The US now holds 14,000 detainees in prisons in Iraq, Guantanamo, Afghanistan and other undisclosed locations. 14,000 people who can be held indefinitely, without a fair trial, by secret evidence they have no access or that may be obtained by what most consider torture.]: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?bid=15

[5] Michael Duffy's 10/1/06 Time Magazine article, "Why Torture Is Still An Option: The Compromise Terrorism Detainee Bill Limits Interrogation Abuses -- And Lets Bush Set The Limits" [Last week, both houses of Congress approved a bill -- the Military Commissions Act -- that would permit the indefinite, extrajudicial incarceration of terrorist suspects and their interrogation using torture in all but name.]: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1541238,00.html

[6] Robert Kuttner's 10/1/06 Common Dreams/Boston Globe essay, "The John McCain Charade" [On the surface, it looks like U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is the anti-Bush; underneath, he is clearly Bush's enabler. Just look at McCain's self-contradictory words and actions in relation to the terrible compromises the Senate reached last week on Bush's military commissions and warrantless domestic spying.]: http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1001-23.htm

[7] Ralph Nader's 9/30/06 Common Dreams essay, "Democracy As The Biggest Loser On Habeus Corpus" [The messianic, authoritarian George W. Bush and the minds of his cohorts have further collapsed the rule of law with his bulldozing through a divided Congress more dictatorial powers in his increasingly self-defined, self-serving and failing "war on terror."]: http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0930-21.htm

[8] Ed Kinane's 9/30/06 Common Dreams essay, "On Torture" [It's frightening and pathetic that, at this time and in this nation, torture must be discussed as if it were a legitimate issue. What's next -- the pros and cons of child molestation?]: http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views06/0930-20.htm

[9] Richard Behan's 9/29/06 Common Dreams essay, "How George Bush Admitted His War Crimes" [Buried in the 94 pages of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 -- the "detainee act" or the "torture bill" -- the Bush Administration tacitly admits it has committed war crimes.]: http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0930-22.htm

[10] Molly Ivins' 9/29/06 Information Clearing House essay, "Habeus Corpus, R.I.P. (1215-2006)" [With a smug stroke of his pen, President Bush is set to wipe out a safeguard against illegal imprisonment that has endured as a cornerstone of legal justice since the Magna Carta.]: http://informationclearinghouse.info/article15163.htm

[11] See Ian Inaba's documentary film "American Blackout" (watch the trailer at): http://www.AmericanBlackout.org The early reviews of this documentary film have been excellent:
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/17/2006/2167

Finally, read Greg Palast's article:
http://www.gregpalast.com/greg-palast-in-american-blackout

[12] As Brasscheck TV correctly notes, "Take away the official 9/11 story and: 1. George Bush and his colleagues are out of office; 2. There would have been no Iraq invasion; 3. Israel would have been restrained from its recent slaughter of Lebanese civilians; 4. Civil liberties in the US (such as they are) would be intact; 5. Our economy would not have been bled of nearly $1 trillion in 'Terror War' and Iraq invasion waste and fraud."

[13] See three documentary films that search for the truth about 9/11:

[A] "9/11 MYSTERIES" gives serious attention to the scientific issues: http://www.brasscheck.com/videos/911/911mysteries.html

[B] "9/11: PRESS FOR TRUTH" [Documents: the fruitless efforts of 9/11 families to get credible answers from the Bush administration (e.g., Bush and Cheney refused to testify under oath before the 9/11 Commission); the disturbing possibility that the CIA is still backing the Taliban through the Pakistani ISI; that the US let Osama Bin Laden escape from Tora Bora and allowed the air evacuation of Taliban cadres from Tormuz; much more to expose the official 9/11 story as a cover up.]: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1016720641536424083

[C] "LOOSE CHANGE, 2ND EDITION" [This blockbuster film reveals the direct connection between the attacks on 9/11/01 and the United States government. The evidence is derived from news footage, scientific fact, and eyewitness accounts from Americans who suffered through that day. You can download Google's free posting of "Loose Change 2E" here (scroll down to find it in many languages other than English).]: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1519312457137943386

[14] Visit the must-see website SCHOLARS FOR 9/11 TRUTH [You will find many excellent articles by American and international scientists, researchers, engineers, diplomats, scholars, etc., who provide compelling answers to: "What really happened on 9/11?"; "What is happening to our world?"; and "How can we improve our situation?"]: http://www.st911.org/

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October 3, 2006 Dr. By Richard Franklin. Published on 10/2/06 in Franklin's Focus.