Best quotes by Ari Melber on Power

Checkout quotes by Ari Melber on Power

  • From the Fourth Amendment to post-Watergate reforms to the national outcry when Bush's warrantless surveillance was revealed in 2005, the United States has a strong tradition of overseeing the government's power to spy on its citizens.
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  • When a government forcibly holds enough people indefinitely without trial, it evokes the kinds of raids, detention, and abuses of power associated with authoritarian states - or darker periods in American history.
    - Ari Melber
  • Like any extraordinary power, surveillance provides temptations for abuse, such as tracking political opponents and journalists.
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  • Obama must scrutinize and disassemble the post-Sept. 11 imperial presidency, even if he reduces his own power in the process.
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  • Even George W. Bush, who as president pushed the boundaries of executive power, never proposed a statutory scheme to hold people indefinitely.
    - Ari Melber