{"id":8931,"date":"2013-03-10T06:47:43","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T06:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/03\/10\/the-rand-paul-filibuster\/"},"modified":"2013-03-10T06:47:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T06:47:43","slug":"the-rand-paul-filibuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/03\/10\/the-rand-paul-filibuster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rand Paul Filibuster"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Paul's own words<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I wanted to sound an alarm bell from coast to coast. I wanted everybody to know that our Constitution is precious and that no American should be killed by a drone<\/a> without first being charged with a crime. As Americans, we have fought long and hard for the Bill of Rights. The idea that no person shall be held without due process, and that no person shall be held for a capital offense without being indicted, is a founding American principle and a basic right.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If the Obama Administration whose Attorney General is Eric Holder<\/a> can get away with killing by drone an American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, without owning up to it, what is to stop such a mendacious and power-hungry administration  from killing U.S. citizens in the homeland without due process?<\/span><\/p>\n

Even the shysters of the ACLU and the  bunch at The Nation<\/em> are on the right side of this issue. It would be nice if we could convince the aforementioned crapweasels that it is the Second Amendment that backs up the others, including the Fifth, but they are too morally corrupt and intellectually obtuse for that. <\/span><\/p>\n

David Theroux of the Independent Institute asked me to post a link to ta short video, Anthony Gregory on Rand Paul's Senate Filibuster.<\/a>  I am happy to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n

Companion post: Welcome to Fascist Amerika <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Conor Friedersdorf on Holder's Evasive Letter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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