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Glenn, awesome and truthful article, as usual.
Your question:
That is why -- as jarring as it is -- it is actually necessary to ask presidential candidates whether they intend to exercise the power to imprison American citizens with no charges of any kind.
I suggest that a better question, for the Senator, Congressperson, pundit, or candidate is this:
What is your plan to restore Constitutional government and the rule of law?
And if they don't even understand there's an issue here, well, they're not a candidate for you.
Further, if Democratic Party wants to make it clear that they want to restore Constitutional government, and not just take over and "moderate the excesses" of the authoritarian system that Bush is creating, then they could start holding hearings on matters like signing statements and warrantless surveillance. They aren't, and that greatly concerns me.
