Habeas Corpus Vote - Call Your Senators!

It's confirmation that a significant portion of Congress has transformed into a fascist mindset. It is an indefensible mutation of authentic American principles. But the import of that goes unrecognized because it is wrapped up in partisan rather than Constitutional language.

How embarrassing it was as an American to even have to the call the Congress critters with the seemingly surrealistic demand for the restoration of habeaus corpus.

That American senators could vote to keep persons imprisoned without hope for judicial hearing is an attack on the very bedrock of our national values. That the fact eludes them is stark testimony to their own sellout to corporatism, drunk with self-importance and bankrupt of principles.

Contrast their action with the republican philosophy:

Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, with an emphasis on liberty, rule by the people, and the civic virtue practiced by citizens. Republicanism always stands in opposition to aristocracy, oligarchy, and dictatorship. More broadly, it refers to a political system that protects liberty, especially by incorporating a rule of law that cannot be arbitrarily ignored by the government. Much of the literature deals with the issue of what sort of values and behavior by the citizens is necessary if the republic is to survive and flourish; the emphasis has been on widespread citizen participation, civic virtue, and opposition to corruption.

Acting oblivious to political theory let alone their personal oath to support and defend the Constitution, they blithely band together in self-righteous arrogance to suspend basic human rights.

That they could vote to retain the suspension of habeas corpus is so incredible, I May Have Gone Insane.