For update and background on the civil suit of Wilson and Plame against the Bush administration, listen to the excellent Diane Rehm program from this morning, which featured Wilson,
here.
Since Congress has not been fulfilling its constitutional responsibility to hold a run-amuck executive administration in check, perhaps civil suits by courageous citizens like Joseph and Valerie will help to defend the democratic rights of the citizens of this country. Wilson and Plame are filing this suit in defense of the rights of all American citizens, as Joseph Wilson made clear at the very beginning of his interview with Diane Rehm this morning.
Cheers to Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame for pursuing this course of action! (More below the fold)--
You may find more information on this civil suit
here.
And while this legal case is making its way through the court system, the rest of us obviously have lots we can do in support of efforts to defend our civil rights. Many Kossites are obviously already active in political efforts. For those who are not, if you wish to defend your rights, you can join with the courageous efforts of people like Wilson and Plame, by joining with others in active association to support of the cause you are most interested in--whether it be the fight against global warming, or struggles against violence and injustice--and do whatever you can to ask persistent and vigorous questions of our public officials, including all of YOUR political representatives in Washington (the people who are supposed to be defending and fighting for your interests as citizens, not the interests of corporations, and their own profit):
Every Senate and House member should be asking the President the kinds of questions listed here. But they will only do so if we, their constituents, demand that they do so.
Cheers to the efforts of Kossites and all good citizens everywhere--