Friday, March 31, 2006
104 Days and Counting
Once again, the Congress is making believe it is doing something about the President's violation of the laws of the Untied States of America. Once again, Senator Russ Feingold (Committee Hearing Statement on the Call To Censure the President) is setting them straight.
If the President’s legal theory, which is shared by some of our witnesses today, is correct, then FISA is a dead letter, all of the supposed protections for civil liberties contained in the reauthorization of the Patriot Act that we just passed are a cruel hoax, and any future legislation we might pass regarding surveillance or national security is a waste of time and a charade. Under this theory, we no longer have a constitutional system consisting of three co-equal branches of government, we have a monarchy.How much longer will this President be permitted to break the law with the willing assistance of this Congress?
# posted by Alan @ 5:44 PM 
