(IMPORTANT!) Keith Olbermann: October 17, 2006

Keith Olbermann: "Today, 135 years to the day after the last American President (Ulysses S. Grant) suspended habeas corpus, President Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006. At its worst, the legislation allows President Bush or Donald Rumsfeld to declare anyone — US citizen or not — an enemy combatant, lock them up and throw away the key without a chance to prove their innocence in a court of law. In other words, every thing the Founding Fathers fought the British empire to free themselves of was reversed and nullified with the stroke of a pen, all under the guise of the War on Terror."

Jonathan Turley: "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."

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[kariudo1]

The Act was passed in the House by 357 to 66 (of 435) and in the Senate by 98 to 1 and was supported by members of both the Republican and Democratic parties. Signed into law by President George W. Bush on March 9 and 10, 2006.

[Skabur123]

@BellyButtonQuiz Most Democrats support it.

[BellyButtonQuiz]

Mr. Olbermann, has your party, the Democrats, repealed the Patriot Act yet?

Waiting ....

[bookhound63]

Wow! the spin doctors did a great job on this one.

[soothe2006]

w.t.f. does this have to do with the subject???

[bootme21]

we the people need to get rid of the democrats and republicans. they are fascists. read the declaration of independence. watch freedom to fascism. u will see, we need to do something. let everyone know.

this may be the most important fight for freedom in history thus far.

it certainly was the easiest transfer of a republic or democracy into despotism.

maybe the germans were faster, but still, nazi germany?

[okani2000]

I can't believe this. I wasn't aware. I have to do some more homework but this is just utterly rediculous. What a shame- 1) for me not being more aware of this, 2) for Bush and the Gonzalez getting this power from Congress, and lastly 3) Congress FAILING us, the public.

[scrambledpenis]

i love keith he is so sexy

[winterflame1965]

Way to go Keith Olbermann! Keep up the good work! IMPEACH BUSH!