johan's Journal

A report from the Law Library of the (U.S.) Congress has "escaped" to the Internet. It says two important things about Honduran President Zelaya's removal:

1. His removal from power was constitutional and legal according to the Honduran Constitution.
2. His removal from Honduran soil was not legal.

I can't find a copy of the article on the U.S. government website, but apparently it's "normal" that the U.S. Congress doesn't release reports to the public... though we pay for these reports, and despite the fact that Congress is basing policy upon them, we don't get to read them. Grr.

Here's a copy of the report from the Internet.

The New York Times mentions the existence of this (authentic) report, though the NYTimes seems reluctant to summarize the report as simply as i have above. I think they probably read exactly the same report that i did, so peharps this difference of interpretation has more to do with the NYTimes' difficultly in accurately reporting news that reflects poorly on their previous coverage.