The Viceroy was also influenced by negative Muslim reaction to the constitutional report of the assembly, which envisioned broad powers for the post-independence central government.
If lawyers at the Department of Justice are hired to defend American citizens' interest in a constitutional government, the report is wrong.
"The principle of open justice is a fundamental constitutional principle," the report states, "although it is not an absolute principle.
One of the aims of the constitutional changes is reported to be to enable the sitting president to have more of a say in the succession.
"The Public Bodies Bill strikes at the very heart of our constitutional system", the report concludies, "being a type of…legislation that drains the lifeblood of legislative amendment and debate across a very broad range of public arrangements".
A gypsy-cab driver's claim that two New York City police officers violated his constitutional rights by reporting him to immigration authorities was rejected on Friday by a federal jury in Manhattan.
"The absence of clear policies and procedures to ensure effective and constitutional policing," the report said, "along with the deviations from widely accepted policing and correctional practices, and the failure to implement meaningful oversight and accountability structures, have contributed to a chronic culture of disregard for basic legal and constitutional obligations".
In what promises to be a major constitutional clash, it reported that O'Brien had initiated a high court action against a parliamentary committee because it did not agree (with him) that a TD MPP) had abused Dáil privilege by making allegations about him.
"These members considered that, although it is ultimately a matter for the high court to determine the constitutionality of any bill, it is incumbent on governments and parliamentarians to legislate in a manner which minimises the risk of a successful constitutional challenge," the report says.
A working party on constitutional reform has reported this year but it is highly unlikely there will be radical change to a board of directors that, in essence, is the same as the one that operated in the amateur era, when it was called the general committee.
