Filibuster Bush, Impeach Alito

[drm604]

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6771

...If there's a chance to stop Alito, much less reclaim our democracy, we need
to bring these realities together. The filibuster just might be the vehicle
to do that, as Senators could spell out the links between link runaway
executive power and a nominee who has consistently ruled and spoken in favor
of the unaccountable expansion of that power. Suppose the Democratic
Senators actually used a filibuster to talk about the Alito nomination in
its broadest context. They wouldn't read the phone book. They wouldn't get
lost in an endless maze of legal rhetoric about stare decisis. They could
talk about how they'd have readily accepted a more moderate nominee, much as
Clinton nominated Steven Breyer and Ruth Ginzberg in part because Orrin
Hatch said he'd accept them as preferable to other proposed justices. They'd
use the filibuster to educate as well as impede.

However they label their actions, suppose the Democrats started debating the
nomination, and didn't stop, in the process addressing the real roots of why
Alito would be so destructive. They could read from articles and books about
this administration's abuse of presidential power. They could talk about
whether we really want government officials to be able to strip us of our
rights at will, listen in on our phone and email conversations without a
court order, and infiltrate the citizen groups through which we gather
peacefully to express our beliefs. They could talk about the choices women
were forced to make when abortion was illegal, what it's like to be
discriminated against, then told you don't meet an impossible burden of
proof, and whether police should be able to shoot unarmed 15-year-olds who
flee after stealing $10. They could talk about the Sago mine disaster, and
the fruits of a politics where unions are busted and regulations gutted at
every turn. They could tell the stories that bring seemingly abstract issues
of jurisdiction and constitutional interpretation to life, and make clear
their real-world consequences...

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6771

[drm604]

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I liked this article, unfortunately I posted it too early in the morning for it to be noticed.