He Only Likes Some Constitutional Rights
Russ Feingold is at it again. The USA PATRIOT Act renewal reached a compromise, and he is treatening to filibutser. Why?
I will do everything I can, including a filibuster, to stop this Patriot Act conference report, which does not include adequate safeguards to protect our constitutional freedoms," said Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis.I find this statement highly hypocritical, as Russ Feingold, along with one of my arch nemeses, John McCain, have worked endlessly to undermine free political speech, which I always thought was a Constitutional right (see article in this month's Reason). I am not calling Feingold's position invalid, as there are many who doubt the effectiveness of the USA PATRIOT Act, but I find it very odd reasoning, giving his lack of "protecting our consitutional freedoms" when it comes to free speech.
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