"Let me then offer one of those predictions -- surrounded by qualifications and caveats -- that all writers should be wary of. If in a bitter, dirty mid-term election, filled with 'irregularities,' one house of Congress or both nonetheless go to the Democrats, which I believe possible (despite their low polling figures at the moment), expect the investigations to begin. Expect as well that the Bush administration will then trot out that 'obscure' presidential philosophy of power and claim that the Congress has no right to investigate the President in his guise as Commander-in-Chief.
That is why the Alito nomination is so crucial and why 2007 may prove the year of constitutional crisis in the United States."
Read more: TomDispatch - Tomgram: The Year of Living Dangerously
Photo credit: US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito answers questions on his fourth day of hearings before Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Democrats launched a final assault against Alito, President George W. Bush's conservative Supreme Court nominee, as he ended more than two days of testimony at a confirmation hearing.(AFP/Tim Sloan)
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