This approach, I believe, may be a threat to the integrity of both the military commission system and the Federal crimin...
Attempts to resume military commission trials would perpetuate the harmful symbolism of Guantanamo, undermining our curr...
I am concerned about any suggestion that military commissions would be better because it is easier to get a conviction.
I remain concerned that the military commission process is so discredited that it may not be possible to fix it.
At a minimum, the presumption should be that our existing civilian and military legal systems are the proper venues for ...
I want to state for the record that I disagree fundamentally with an amendment that became part of the Department of Def...
There has been a lot of talk lately about the application of Miranda rights in the battlefield context.
After all the money that we have spent to save the banks, it is irresponsible for Congress to let this vicious cycle con...
Just a few years ago, Congress acted in an overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion and passed the Continuity and Representativ...
I have no doubt that the bond of the spirit of the American people will ensure that democracy prevails even in the most ...
Without an elected House, the entire Federal Government could be run, laws could be written, without a single branch rep...
James Madison used the strongest of terms when stating the House must be composed of only those elected by the people.
I think the message was given when the House voted down the Baird amendment by a vote of 63 yes to 353 no, that the Hous...
But what we worry about is the extraordinary circumstance where we fear there will be no House or no Senate...
It should be consisted of only elected Representatives, and the fact that as a practical matter you can't elect people q...
I think that Mr. Baird's proposal and my own proposal will go a long way to making this country less vulnerable as it st...
I live in Alexandria and there was a vacancy in the House of Delegates in Alexandria and Governor Kaine called an electi...
I would just suggest that having an alternate for a House and Senate Member would provide... for an elected Representati...
