Thank you, Chris Dodd
October 18, 2007 by William K. Wolfrum
It truly was looking that there was no politician out there willing to do more than give lip service about fighting for the Constitution. It took a while, but someone has. It remains to be seen where this will all lead, but for this one moment, only four words come to mind.
The Military Commissions Act. Warrantless wiretapping. Shredding of Habeas Corpus. Torture. Extraordinary Rendition. Secret Prisons.
No more.
I have decided to place a “hold” on the latest FISA bill that would have included amnesty for telecommunications companies that enabled the President’s assault on the Constitution by illegally providing personal information on their customers without judicial authorization.
I said that I would do everything I could to stop this bill from passing, and I have.
It’s about delivering results — and as I’ve said before, the FIRST thing I will do after being sworn into office is restore the Constitution. But we shouldn’t have to wait until then to prevent the further erosion of our country’s most treasured document. That’s why I am stopping this bill today.
If you believe the rule of law means something, click here to show your support to Senator Dodd.
–WKW
[...] First, our supposedly majority Democratic Congressional leaders decide to let Bush have his way with the Telecom Protection Act new FISA bill. Then Sen. Chris Dodd, who has made restoration of the Constitution a platform in his presidential campaign, announces that he’ll put a hold on any bill that grants retroactive immunity to telecoms that went along with presidential orders to hand over their customers’ calling records. Of course, Bush says the telecoms did nothing wrong, so why do they need immunity? [...]