Congressman Conyers, D of NY, and ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, held hearings today in Washington on Bush impeachment.
The subject was illegal wiretapping by Bush's NSA, that went around the FISA and Patriot Act laws and wiretapped American citizens inside the country en masse! Of course, the questioners were all D congresspersons- don't count on a full House hearing anytime soon. Still, the expert testimony was overwhelmingly damning of the administration and came from both sides of the political spectrum.
Professor J. Turley, a staunch conservative law professor and outspoken advocate of impeaching Bill Clinton, outright stated that Bush's actions were impeachable- no doubt. Concurring were Justice Department officials, like former Dep. Attorney General and right-wing thinker Bruce Fein from the Reagan administration, and other legal authorities and public activists. The concensus was that the recently released legal justifications by the Bush Justice Dept. for the surveillance were incredibly weak and didn't pass the laugh test.
The Senate will be holding full hearings in February. Everyone needs to get the word out to their Senators not to let the administration get a pass on this one- its too important! Listen, if this was Bill Clinton we were talking about, he'd be in jail already. . .
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Worth Repeating: No to Alito!
Contact your Senators NOW and let them know you say: No to Alito!
For liberals and moderates in the Senate, voting against Alito for the High Court is an easy decision. Judge Alito has a 15-year history of judicial decisions that have advanced the cause of the radical right, by 'legislating' from the bench. . .
Among his many alarming rulings and opinions are those that have made it harder for Americans to:
*sue for sex or race-based discrimination in the workplace.
*fight back against companies that violate landmark anti-pollution laws like the Clean Water Act.
*ban private ownership of machine guns and other automatic weapons.
He really is the classic 'activist' judge, as defined by the right wing themselves!
And there are more disturbing things about Alito that should raise serious concern. For instance, his close affiliation with the reactionary Federalist Society and his 'personal' legal opinions about no right to abortion or no guaranteed voting rights.
If confirmed to the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito has shown that he's anything but restrained when it comes to undermining our nation's most important legislative protections and legal precedents. He is a danger to our civil rights and liberty.
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For liberals and moderates in the Senate, voting against Alito for the High Court is an easy decision. Judge Alito has a 15-year history of judicial decisions that have advanced the cause of the radical right, by 'legislating' from the bench. . .
Among his many alarming rulings and opinions are those that have made it harder for Americans to:
*sue for sex or race-based discrimination in the workplace.
*fight back against companies that violate landmark anti-pollution laws like the Clean Water Act.
*ban private ownership of machine guns and other automatic weapons.
He really is the classic 'activist' judge, as defined by the right wing themselves!
And there are more disturbing things about Alito that should raise serious concern. For instance, his close affiliation with the reactionary Federalist Society and his 'personal' legal opinions about no right to abortion or no guaranteed voting rights.
If confirmed to the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito has shown that he's anything but restrained when it comes to undermining our nation's most important legislative protections and legal precedents. He is a danger to our civil rights and liberty.
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