[BITList] murder

[David Harvey]

I see a connection between the Mayor (executive) appointing the police chief
(law) as being in conflict with the separation of power.

Dave

On 18 August 2011 11:26, <x50type at cox.net> wrote:

>   oh, that separation, Dave
>
> The framers of the Constitution<http://americanhistory.about.com/od/usconstitution/p/constfastfacts.htm>decided to base the American governmental system on this idea of three
> separate branches: executive, judicial, and legislative. The three branches
> are distinct and have checks and balances<http://americanhistory.about.com/od/usconstitution/a/checks_balances.htm>on each other. In this way, no one branch can gain absolute power or abuse
> the power they are given. In the United States, the executive branch<http://americanhistory.about.com/od/executivebranch/Executive_Branch.htm>is headed by the
> President<http://americanhistory.about.com/library/charts/blchartpresidents.htm>and includes the bureaucracy. The legislative
> branch<http://americanhistory.about.com/od/legislativebranch/Legislative_Branch.htm>includes both houses of Congress: the Senate and the House of
> Representatives. The judicial branch<http://americanhistory.about.com/od/judicialbranch/Judicial_Branch.htm>consists of the
> Supreme Court<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/s/supreme_court/index.html>and the lower federal courts.
>
> As far as religion goes the First Amendment<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution>of the national constitution, part of the United States' Bill
> of Rights <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_Rights>: states, *"Congress
> shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion<http://api.getsmartlinks.com/r?app_id=opencandy&guid=031CA8D3-D9BE-8870-64F1-1CDCF44662ED&time=131363763&ref_hash=157e7511&url=http:%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FState_religion&pid=1&cid=437&link_id=7072024&score=4.04&sense=j3wOOFuIC9hjizUDNfTHbg&hash=528816ecd024a13e6d62f880a4dad720&v[link_target2]=_blank>,
> or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."*
> **
> do you see any connection to the shootings in new orleans, which was the
> original subject?
>
> colin
>
>  *From:* David Harvey <dhbison at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 17, 2011 9:00 PM
> *To:* BitList <bitlist at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [BITList] (no subject)
>
> Colin,
>
> The separation of the government or parliament, the law and the executive (
> and chuck in religion as well)
>
> Dave
>
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