The New York Times had a very good article today on the issues that Congress must undo now that it is under democratic control. I am not one of those people who holds that anything written in the NYT is gold but I can say that this article was way past do. In my opinion, I find the democratic actions so far not tough enough of Bush. The democratic congress should stop playing nice and get to business with undoing the damages that Bush has caused are country. The first step in my opinion should be first removing him from office. Somehow, that didn’t make the list on the NYT. In anycase, you will find the list contains topics not only discussed here on my blog but of thousands of bloggers who care about the civil liberties that Bush has taken away from us. It doesn’t take a talented writer at the NYT to come up with this list. One only needs to understand basic civil liberties. In any case here is the list!
- Restore Habeas Corpus
- Stop Illegal Spying
- Ban Torture, (Really)
- Close the C.I.A. Prisons
- Account for ‘Ghost Prisoners’
- Ban Extraordinary Rendition
- Tighten the Definition of Combatant
- Screen Prisoners Fairly and Effectively
- Ban Tainted Evidence
- Ban Secret Evidence
- Better Define ‘Classified’ Evidence
- Respect the Right to Counsel
Read the full article from the NYT to get a detailed explanation of the list.
I’d really love to see any one of these things actually happen.
Maybe in 2009…
You are so right, the day one of those is undone is too far in the future to see. We have human rights and civil rights that have been destroyed. I mean who would want false evidence to be in the court room? Do we really need to convict people who have done nothing wrong….