Quote of the day
A true outrage:
Filibuster bluster – PLUS: Leftroots continue to express disappointment with BO’s latest FISA stance
For all that talk yesterday of a Democrat filibuster on the FISA compromise in the Senate, it wasn’t even close:
Senators Dodd, Feingold, and Reid set to filibuster House-approved FISA bill
… because they don’t want telecoms to have retroactive immunity from lawsuits (via Memeo):
The fun never stops :)
I came home this evening after a busy afternoon at the 8-5, started catching up on the news shortly thereafter, and haven’t been able to stop laughing since. Why? Well, it all centers around the story about the agreement reached today between Democrats and Republicans in the House on the FISA bill, which has been stalled for quite some time now thanks to numerous disagreements, among them immunity to telecoms:
The general electorate – PLUS: Obama’s position on the Boumediene ruling
The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder has examined some recent polls and has determined some common themes among them. The first one may surprise you:
Quote of the day: “The Nation will live to regret what the Court has done today.”
That was Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in his dissent on the USSC ruling today that Gitmo detainees have habeas corpus rights.