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FISA Debate III - Cloture's Coming...Wyden's on the floor. God love ‘im. Says the president's wiretapping program was built on "legal quicksand." Coming from one of the very few people who have actually seen the Office of Legal Opinion memos, that's quite a statement. He also says the administration "overreached and had fallen short." Nice wordplay, sir! Dodd is reminding everyone that this vote will go down in history. I'm not sure his colleagues can hear that enough. Now he's talking about the amendment Feingold and he will offer to strip immunity. That man's got immunity in his teeth and he's not letting go. Rockefeller's accepting his Emmy - I mean talking about brokering the deal and thanking everyone involved. Says he's "aghast at what they could do." Yeah, Jay. Me, too. I wish the band would play him off. Dodd's back. Mostly banking bill stuff. Not so much an ACLU issue but an important one. Now they're waiting on a quorum call. Cloture should breeze by around 7pm. Trivia: Today is George Orwell's birthday. Coincidence? (Hat-tip to Ms. Katy Nelson.)
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Jun 25th, 2008 at 6:00pm
I'm so profoundly disappointed in Congress over this bill. The technical details aren't even discussed, and there's this gigantic gaping problem of the attorney general being given the ability to basically wave off any and all judicial review pertaining to this program. How can anyone be /for/ this bill?
Jun 26th, 2008 at 2:39am
guys, please tell me you are organizing a DC protest this July 4th.
let us at least pretend that democracy cares about laws and voters and such, at least for one day
Jun 26th, 2008 at 7:37am
...that the U.S. Congress either did or did not sign off on the President of the United States' claim that he is above the law.