Censure of Bush May Be Appropriate, U.S. Senator Leahy Says

[Lone_Star_Dem]

March 31 (Bloomberg) -- Patrick Leahy, the senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he is ``inclined to believe'' it's appropriate to censure President George W. Bush over his eavesdropping authorization.

Leahy made his comments at a hearing today in Washington to consider a resolution by Senator Russell Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, chastising the president for ordering government monitoring without warrants of calls and e-mails between people in the U.S. and terrorism suspects overseas.

Leahy, who is from Vermont, urged Congress to subpoena legal opinions from the Bush administration about the program to determine whether the president got ``bad advice'' or ``knowingly chose to flout the law.''

The three-hour hearing was the fourth by the committee this month to look into the eavesdropping program and the first to examine Feingold's proposal. Feingold, who is considering running for president in 2008, said he won't abandon his efforts and that Leahy's support shows his resolution is being taken seriously.
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[NJ Democrats]

1. Good! Now we have 4.

[saltpoint]

2. It may be appropriate indeed.

And yes, I want Senator Leahy's support for the Feingold motion.

But in my heart of hearts I would prefer a different form of Constitutional check of this president, admittedly more harsh, that would involve a fenced-in dirt space and a handful of extremely hungry lions.

[blm]

9. Heheh.... I do see this as just the beginning. I think we'll have MORE

coming up on this - Kennedy and Leahy are waiting for ALL the NSA documents they demanded.

I think today was a start. It didn't feel like an end. And Leahy and Feingold don't seem to think so, either.

[saltpoint]

11. Agree with you. It could be a very blue season coming up. / nt

[ixion]

3. well, it's a start... a cell in the Hague

is what is appropriate, IMO.

[Vidar]

8. Specifically Milosevic's cell.

[AnneD]

4. I think he should be impeached

so why did they opt for impeachment of Clinton instead of censure? I am not sure I understand it. He knowingly has broken the law. Stupidity is not a defense.

My second choice is a recall.

[bemildred]

5. Impeach the son of a bitch.

Then we can start the trials at the ICC.

[David Zephyr]

6. K&R. Now who will be next to take a stand with Sen. Feingold?

K&R.

[3waygeek]

7. And water may be wet n/t

[Disturbed]

10. Will any Repubs stand up and defend The Constitution?

If not then we will know that all Repubs in the Senate do not believe in a Representative Democratic Republic.