MARCUS AND THE LAW

Ruth Marcus, a Villager in good standing who has a regular column at the WaPo, is opposed to the Rule of Law when it comes to applying it to the criminal Bush regime. Glenn Greenwald has done a good job of exposing her mis-justifications and I want to discuss one of her more specious points:

Fourth, there is a cost to pursuing criminal charges. As appalling as waterboarding is, for example, it was pursued with the analysis and approval of lawyers who concluded, however wrongly, that it did not rise to the level of torture. If government officials cannot safely rely on legal advice, they will err on the side of excessive timidity.

You can't rely on legal advice from people who don't give a damn about the Constitution.