Reply #31: the issue is that they won't keep it from coming to a vote...

[mike_c]

...that they know they'll lose on a party line divide. This bill is not just more politics as usual. It is an assault on the most fundamental principles of democratic justice. It will make the president a king, for all intents and purposes. It cedes the rule of law in favor of the rule of men. It returns us to medieval justice-- and I mean that literally, not as hyperbole.

Patriots should do everything in their power to prevent this bill from passing. A filibuster should be a foregone conclusion, not even an option. If the dems let this happen, they will have stood by silently while the most basic democratic principles we've struggled to uphold for centuries-- since the Magna Carta-- are pulled down and trampled by the republicans. It is CRIMINAL for the republicans to do this. It is SHAMEFUL for the democrats to stand by and allow it without fighting.