Legal Commentary

Schumer Opposes Lieberman Proposal

By Big Tent Democrat

Schumer spokesman Brian Fallon emails me to say that Schumer was blindsided by a reporter's question and doesn't support the measure at all:

The senator was approached abruptly in the hall of the Capitol by a reporter before he had even heard about the legislation or what it did. Having learned about the proposal, he believes it would be found unconstitutional in this context and would also be ineffective. There are much better ways of obtaining information from terrorists.

Neither constitutional nor effective. In other words, a typical NeoCon proposal.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 05, 2010 (boomark / email).