I had already planned to attend tomorrow's speech by Al Gore at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. Now, details are starting to come out about the speech's content and I'm REALLY looking forward to this event. According to Al Gore 2008 and The Nation:
?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."
This should be fascinating. I hope to "live blog" the event or at least report on it soon afterwards.