Screw You Guys
Published by BG on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 at 8:17 AM.MyDD :: Direct Democracy for People-Powered Politics
I'm told there's an outside shot that House Democrats on the Armed Services Committee will put a restoration of habeas corpus into the Defense Department Authorization Bill being marked up tomorrow and Thursday. Apparently Chairman Skelton has the votes but there are concerns about whether to have this fight now.
Why is this not an easy sell? Why is this not the right side of the right issue at the right time? Christ, we just arrested six guys that allegedly were going to take on Fort Dix, and we didn't have to throw them in secret prisons to do it either. Why isn't the spin on this that we can "fight terror" while still respecting the Constitution?
It is inexcusable that our legislators aren't sure now's the time to have this fight, and it's even more inexcusable that anyone would fight on the other side of this issue. When it comes to our core freedoms, there's no reason at all we need to find a politically advantageous time to pick the fight.
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