Keith Olbermann and Jonathan Turley discuss the
suspension of Habeas Corpus. The entire segment is worth your time. In particular, Turley made a salient point:
People have no idea how significant this is. Really a time of shame this is for the American system.–The strange thing is that we have become sort of constitutional couch potatoes. The Congress just gave the President despotic powers and you could hear the yawn across the country as people turned to Dancing With the Stars. It’s otherworldly..People clearly don’t realize what a fundamental change it is about who we are as a country. What happened today changed us. And I’m not too sure we’re gonna change back anytime soon.
Indeed, one only need flip over to “the most trusted name in news” the same night to see his point. CNN devoted about two hours of prime time programming to the mind of John Mark Karr and whether or not Hillary Clinton is named for the climber.
Yesterday, Senator Russ Feingold rightly described the signing of the Military Commissions Act as “a stain on our nation’s history.” And sadly, pathetically, most Americans weren’t even paying attention.