Tag: Carl Levin

The Year The Constitution Almost Died

Glenzilla reminds me today why I am not a member of the Democratic Party in his lookback at 2008 and Congress’ execrable record on civil liberties (including then Senator Obama‘s flip flop vote to support telecom immunity after pledging to oppose it). In his post titled “Another brutal year for liberty”, Glenn documents the assaults on the Constitution that the …

Supremes Slap Jr. Over Habeus Violations

Photo credit to newsgroups.derkeiler.com How dare the highest court in the land hold our resident White House psychopath accountable for anything, let alone violating the US Constitution, which Bush is said to have called “just a goddamn piece of paper.” Same goes for Dem senators like Carl Levin who supported The Military Commissions Act— Bush’s complicit enablers. Glenzilla does the …