********************************For Immediate Release********************************
6/11/08
For questions, more information, contact Dan Reale at danreale at realedealforcongress.com
Reale Deal for Congress official statement on passage of FISA legislation and telecom retroactive immunity
I have always taken a unilateral stand in the strictest interpretation of the Bill of Rights. Unfortunately, that stand is not shared universally. It has come as no suprise that Congress' approval rating is now 9%, an unprecedented low. Many are outraged with the blatant disregard for the Constitution by the 110th Congress for their failures to uphold the rule of law, which include the following –
-Refusal to cut off war funding
-Refusal to impeach for blatant violations of the Constitution
-Refusal to stop the Federal Reserve from destroying the value of the dollar, ergo, raising oil prices in dollars
-Refusal to kill H.J.Con. 362, which initiates an act of war against Iran without exhausting diplomatic means
-Refusal to terminate economically devastating arrangements like CAFTA, NAFTA and GATT
-Refusal to repeal the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act
-Refusal of our right to petition for redress of grievance when it comes to warrantless spying
Telecom immunity not only violates the fourth amendment. It violates the first amendment when it comes to our right to judicial recourse for government injury. It also violates Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3 of the US Constitution, which reads-
"No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed."
That is to say nothing can be made illegal or legal after the fact by an act of Congress, period. No law be interpreted or used in this manner. That’s the end of the story.
Go ahead and proceed with the lawsuits. If you can prove standing and a federal judge uses this FISA immunity statute to throw your case out, I will move to impeach that judge for perjuring his or her oath of office.
Let’s face it. No sound argument can be made on legal or national security arguments. If such an argument could be made, no fishing expedition or police state would be necessary.