This program that he runs that the president authorized disregards the law that was passed by the Congress, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. What kind of a message is it if we simply confirm him without him backing off on that?
Feingold criticizes the confirmation of General Hayden due to concerns over the legality of the surveillance program.
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I think they know they`re going to lose. And I think people like Graham may well decide that this is not one to fight on.
This notion that somehow there couldn’t be an impeachment trial after the president leaves office, it’s over.
Well, any example like Cassidy, where somebody is willing to stand up and go against their party, even if it`s on a procedural vote, John F. Kennedy wrote in 'Profiles in Courage' about those senators that had the courage to go against…
It is clearly constitutional to hold this trial now and to have the vote on disqualification.
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