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Telecom Immunity Showdown in the Senate Today

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the come-and-see-the-hypocricy-in-the-system dept.

CPeanutG writes "A make-or-break moment for telecom immunity has arrived — after months of back-room committee-meetings, the FISA bill will finally reach the Senate floor on Monday! Unfortunately, a previously-reported version of the bill that grants telecom immunity will be presented to the Senate on Monday morning. The clock is ticking. Write your Senators now."

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  1. Re:Nice exclamation point by postbigbang · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Bush/Cheney paranoia is exactly what this amendment was designed to thwart. I do not believe that the Congress has the authority to make this bill pass, as it prima facie violates the US Constitution. Bush can grant a limited amount of immunity, but the amount of immunity that can be granted to civil liability is unknown and has little precedent to go by.

    It's my fervent hope that we can live freely again, and not be subject to the whimsies of madmen.

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    ---- Teach Peace. It's Cheaper Than War.
  2. Re:Nice exclamation point by misanthrope101 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What liberal blog did you copy that crap from?