The post you should read if you think you don't care about FISA
by David Waldman
Mon Jul 07, 2008 at 10:40:12 AM PST
Can anyone differentiate legally or logically for me between the President making the claim that he's the last word on the law when it comes to domestic spying, and the next Republican President making the claim that he's the last word on the law when it comes to any of the agenda items we hope to see signed into law by Barack Obama?
That's really the issue here. Not FISA by itself. But the foundation of our system of law and government that says the President doesn't get to rewrite the law on his say-so.
If you want Obama to win because you want to see new policies implemented that will change life for the better, then guess what? You're interested in the principle that lies at the heart of why we fight on FISA.
Still not in your top ten?
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