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FISA "Compromise"

By Brian - Jul 3rd, 2008 at 7:47 am EDT

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I had sent in a letter asking Barack to vote NO on the FISA law - specifically due to the telecom immunity ammendment. I just got the response - and the main reason seems to be to "compromise" (with who? the Bush administration?). I say the compromise is between Barack and the Constitution. From Article 1, Section 9, "Limits on Congress":

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

So Barack is compromising his duties to the Constitution (which he has pledged to support as a member of Congress) and in the same breath makes a "firm pledge" to us that he really will follow the rules.

I think that Barack is making nice with some impotent democrats instead of looking to the public for support.

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