Ethics

Feingold Gives Obama a D on State Secrets Privilege

By Ed Brayton

Sen. Russ Feingold, whose solitary vote against the Patriot Act cemented my admiration forever and made him one of the few people in Congress I take seriously when they talk about the constitution, has issued a report card after Obama's first 100 days in office dealing with his performance so far on issues involving the rule of law.

On the specific issue of the use of the state secrets privilege to prevent judicial scrutiny of executive decisions, Feingold gives Obama a 'D' and spells out the reasons why:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 04, 2009 (boomark / email).