The United States Senate is about to debate a Republican-sponsored bill which would retroactively legalize torture, legalize secret trials, and eliminate eight hundred years of the right of habeas corpus.
California's Democratic Senators have not yet declared their opposition to this bill. Call them and tell them you oppose it. Here's roughly what I said to the nice folks who answered the phones and took my comments:
I am a Democrat and a constituent of the Senator's and I want to know how she plans to vote on the legalization of torture and elimination of habeas corpus.
[The senator is reviewing the bill and has not taken a position. Can I take your comment?]
Yes. This is the defining issue for me as an American and for my support of the Senator. If she does not oppose the legalization of torture and elimination of habeas corpus with every tool she has, she will never see one dime from me, she will never again receive a vote from me, and I will do everything in my power to see that she has a primary challenge the next time she runs.
I know this is not California politics, but we are Americans, not just Californians. Numbers below the fold.
