to be self-evident -- the Constitution is irrelevant.
I grew up with racial segregation, lynchings, imprisonment of Japanese-Americans in concentration camps and other monstrous acts. But through it all, there was a reverence for the Constitution in principle, no matter how often it was ignored in practice.
But this Congress -- the worst I’ve ever seen -- and this president -- the worst I’ve ever seen -- shows a disdain for the Constitution that is brutal, outrageous, disgusting, and frightening.
The new torture law – oh, it’s officially called “the Military Commissions Act of 2006" – trashes the Constitution, undermines the Geneva Conventions, and gives a "get out of jail free card" for Bush and Cheney and others who love torture.
The idea that the government should be allowed to hold people in secret torture cells, put them on trial based on evidence that they cannot see, sentence them to death based on testimony beaten out of witnesses, and then prevent courts from even looking at the case leaves me speechless.
With only a handful of exceptions, our Congress is composed of scum.
Posted by Deck at September 29, 2006 04:59 PM