When the Congress of the United States is willing to cede oversight responsibilities of the Intelligence Community to the Executive Branch, I have every right and reason to be concerned. When the Senate surrenders the Constitutional powers of the Federal Courts to the Executive Branch as well, I should be and I am outraged. We are traveling down a road to tyranny farther than we’ve ever gone during my lifetime. Ben Franklin said, "We have given you a democratic Republic, if you can keep it." It has been left to every generation to protect the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, which our forefathers put their blood, sweat and tears into, ever since. But when you, as my representatives, stand with those who violate the Constitution against the interests of your constituents, you are standing with the terrorists. You are undermining judicial discretion; you are sabotaging the separation of powers, you are obstructing the rule of law, and you are caving in to a would-be dictator.
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