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A weak bill that does little or nothing to properly stymie the torrent of civil liberties intrusions. Much stronger legislation is needed. At least Rand Paul's
by agorabinary 11y ago
A weak bill that does little or nothing to properly stymie the torrent of civil liberties intrusions. Much stronger legislation is needed. At least Rand Paul's efforts produced a symbolic if temporary rebuke of Patriot Act powers.
- davidw 11y ago> Much stronger legislation is needed. Make sure you let your legislators know this via a phone call or written (not email) comunication. Might not change things overnight, but it's pretty easy to do.
- sandstrom 11y agoSome would argue it won't make much of a difference what the public thinks: http://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf http://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/fil...
- davidw 11y agoIf you don't do anything, it will certainly not make a difference.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI went in person to my local reps office. demandprogress.org had a letter I could print to provide [I didn't use their letter; I provided my own]