Committee votes on AWB

[hansberrym]

6. So in your view the AWB should not be seen as

a real concern for balancing constitutionally protected rights and public safety, but instead an opportunity to curtail constitutional protections that you do not agree with?


Was lambasting Bush/Republicans for pushing for powers under the Patriot Act to in effect spy on citizens w/o probable cause or warrant just using a wedge issue and not a real concern for constitutional protections?

The message that came through loud and clear during the recent Senate Judiciary committee debates was pretty much what you stated. Feinstein made it abundantly clear she doesn't give a damn about the constitution, or whether the AWB will be effective, instead her bill is about getting her way.

How will this brazen disregard for constitutionally protected rights play in the full Senate or in the house? If one does not care, then one is not serious about getting something passed, instead it is all kabuki theater.