photo: Tom Hilton “Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live. Where was the judge he had never seen? Where was the High Court he had never reached? He raised his hands and spread out all his fingers. But the hands of one...
Watch Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) at the Center for American Progress on 23 July discussing secret laws -- "a secret interpretation of the Patriot Act issued by a secret court." The text of his speech is available here.
House Leadership has put forth a limited closed rule governing the debate over the Defense Appropriations bill (HR 2367), approving just over 100 amendments to the bill. The bill will be on the House Floor today shortly after noon.By approving for debate several...