An important episode yesterday in
Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster is not getting much attention. So I will do my part to remedy that.
Sen. Rand Paul just offered to end his filibuster and allow a vote on CIA
nominee John Brennan if he could get a vote tomorrow on a non-binding
resolution regarding drone killing of US citizens on US soil. But Assistant
Majority Leader Dick Durbin objected to allowing a vote on the resolution. So
Paul resumed speaking.
Paul's resolution said it was the sense of the Senate that "the use
of drones to execute or target American citizens on American soil who pose no
imminent threat clearly violates Constitutional rights" of due process.
I mentioned yesterday that
opposition to domestic drone excesses crosses party and ideological lines. And support for Sen. Paul’s filibuster
did come from scattered lefty sources including Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Van Jones, and even Code Pink.
But that does not change the big picture about Democrats. Most Democrat politicians don’t give a . . . don’t
care about the Constitution and about your Constitutional rights.
Dick Durbin’s objection is yet another
instance of that.
2 comments:
Canadian's don't have the filibuster option, but we have other means:
http://www.theobserver.ca/2009/07/30/moon-the-balloon-protest-grows-mayor-writes-pm
That's . . . cheeky, Warren.
wannabe
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