Sovereign Immunity Must be Overruled
I agree with president Obama on a lot of things, like reducing the influence of the military industrial complex, or leveraging governmental authority to make health care affordable to the citizens of the United States, or being more open and diplomatic with Islamic countries but to name a few things. On his economic policies I think the things he has tried to do to help the average American taxpayer, like mortgage assistance and higher taxes on the wealthy are good too. He should not have agreed to bail out the banks in my opinion, but I realize that is pretty much a lost cause at this point.
Professor Turley from George Washington University is right in this case, to disagree with president Obama over the issues of sovereign immunity. To give the government a free hand to invade the privacy of its citizens, and to give the Bush administration a "get out of jail free" card for all of the illegal and immoral acts that it perpetrated while in power, is just plain wrong. This is something that every U.S. citizen should know about and should take steps to raise awareness and to create a discussion about where this kind of decision will lead us. We don't want to go there. The government is powerful enough without closing the door on its citizens ability to question its actions.
