Time to Filibuster
by TChris
It isn't surprising that Republicans would sell out the Constitution and endanger the country by supporting the president's proposal to weaken the Geneva Conventions and to try detainees without the fundamental protections of due process, but it should be shocking that Senate Democrats apparently won't use their power to stop this un-American bill.
An editorial in today's NY Times succintly explains seven key problems with the bill. Will its call to action fall on deaf Democratic ears?
There is not enough time to fix these bills, especially since the few Republicans who call themselves moderates have been whipped into line, and the Democratic leadership in the Senate seems to have misplaced its spine. If there was ever a moment for a filibuster, this was it.
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