Al Gore: America is facing a Constitutional crisis...Bush broke the law and is

January 13, 2006

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Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:35:02 -0800 (PST)

Al Gore: " America is facing a Constitutional crisis " ...Bush

broke the law and is acting above the law "

Gore to deliver scathing speech Monday on 'constitutional crisis' in

Washington

John Byrne

Published: January 12, 2006

Former Vice President Al Gore will deliver a scathing speech

Monday at Constitution Hall in Washington -- just blocks from the

White House -- at which he will declare America is faced with a

constitutional crisis, RAW STORY has learned.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day speech is set to take place at noon at

the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall. Gore

will be introduced by onetime Georgia Republican congressman Bob Barr.

A source close to the erstwhile vice president related details of

Gore's expected speech to RAW STORY Thursday. The source noted that

Gore prepares the final editions of his speeches just before he

delivers them, but that the tenor of the speech would focus on what

the Tennessee Democrat has described as a President acting above the law.

The aide related how Gore was framing his address.

" We are at a point of constitutional crisis, " the aide said, relating

how Gore has articulated his speech. " The president who has violated

the law is acting above the law. It's a wakeup call for Congress, the

American people and the courts. If we continue down this road we will

have a different constitution.

" Nixon's quote about if the president does it it is legal, it's kind

of like Bush saying, if it's about national security, it's legal. This

is going to be called transpartisan; it's not about who your party is,

it's about what America stands for. "

Gore, the source said, will talk about the framers of the constitution.

" You can't defend freedom while abandoning it at home, " the source

said, speaking of Gore's planned remarks. " The founders thought about

this. They didn't want a king, that's why they didn't set up a system

to anoint a king. We have checks and balances in this country and we

cannot abandon them. "

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