Chafing against the limits of his authority, Giuliani was taking an increasingly instrumentalist view of the law: it was only as good as how well it was enforced, and should be overstepped when doing so served his ends. His administration tussled in court not only with the IBO but also with numerous interest groups, the state comptroller, the public advocate, and the city council. "All of those were effectively cases that said, he's gone beyond the restraints on executive power," said Eric Lane, director of the 1989 charter commission and a law professor at Hofstra University.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
RUDY == MORE OF THE SAME
Ok, he speaks a little better than Pres. Fredo but we can expect the same indifference to accountability that Fredo and his gang show. From Kevin Drum at Washington Monthly:
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