It's late and i don't have time for the commentary this deserves. The Patriot Act, passed after 9/11 has been one of the most destructive laws concerning our civil liberties since the alien and sedition acts. the law was to expire and was up for renewal this month. It looks like it may be defeated and we might have just a little of our freedom back. Senator Russ Feingold has put together a bipartisan group of Senators to oppose passage of the actas it currently stands.
[...] the senior Democrat on the issue, Sen. Patrick Leahy (news, bio, voting record), D-Vt., told reporters that more than 40 votes exist to sustain a filibuster in a test vote Friday.Originally, when the act passed, Feingold was the only senator to vote against it.
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Feingold finds himself with some unlikely allies, including the Christian Defense Coalition. Notably, the National Rifle Association has not endorsed the Patriot Act renewal that was personally negotiated by Vice President Dick Cheney. The NRA's non-position allows its Senate supporters to oppose renewing the law in its entirety.
"Folks, when we're dealing with civil liberties, you don't compromise them," said Sen. Larry Craig (news, bio, voting record), R-Idaho, an NRA board member.
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