Rampant waste of human protoplasm Sen. Rand Paul says he is going to fight the NSA’s surveillance programs with a Supreme Court challenge. He wants internet providers and phone companies and anybody else who feels so moved to join a class action lawsuit to challenge the programs on constitutional grounds.
Whether corporations would want to join such a lawsuit is an open question. Whether the current SCOTUS would find the programs unconstitutional is a coin toss. And who knows how long this effort would take?
What I do know is that Congress — y’know, Senator, that place where I assume you show up for work sometimes — could shut the whole mess down right now by revising or rescinding the Patriot Act. And y’all could take back some of your constitutional war powers while you’re at it. There’s a lad.
Give this epic feckin’ eedjit of a lad some credit.
Less than a year ago, when the Roberts SCOTUS decided that Obamacare was, indeed, constitutional, this moron said something to the effect of, ‘Well, so what? Since when do 5 people get to decide if something is constitutional or not?’
This imbecile is starting to make W look like a combo of Oliver Wendell Holmes and Bertrand Russell.
Thanks Kentucky! What, this moron had 2 few legs too few to run in the Kentucky Derby, and was too big and far too stupid to be a Jockey, so you made him your US Senator?
OY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And if you have to be in the Senate for another couple of years, Rando, do something useful, and like maha said, repeal the Patriot Act.
And this imbecilic assclown wants to be President?
*shudders*
*laughs*
*weeps*
*barfs”
*shudders*
Rand Paul is an idiot of epic proportions. And please don’t insult horses by comparing him to them, unless you are talking about the south end of a north-bound horse.
Well, the Senate doesn’t give you the visibility needed to showcase your patriotism. The first rule of true patriotism is you’ve got to stand out from the crowd..
TREE=>apple.
“What, this moron had 2 few legs too few to run in the Kentucky Derby, and was too big and far too stupid to be a Jockey, so you made him your US Senator?”
L-O-L!!!!! I just spit out my drink. Good thing it was water!
Rand Paul, the “Kentucky Miracle.”
Wow.
“Rampant waste of human protoplasm Sen. Rand Paul” You are being kind.
I have concerns about PRISM, etc. I have bigger concerns about the lack of a gun-tracking db here in the US of A.
Is Ayn Rand really Rand Paul’s namesake, or is that just a vicious liberal rumor?
It was an assumption that turned out to be false. His first name is “Randall.”
Ok lets set aside the fact that this assclown has the power to end this without going to court but instead he did HIS JOB, Lets set aside the fact he voted to re authorize it, lets set aside the fact even REPUBLICANS say this program has stopped potential threats, lets set aside the fact that republicans have questioned his sanity, hell lets even set aside the fact that they are out of scandals to manufacture and this is their last ditched effort to rally people to turn on Obama..and lets get to the facts about a supreme court challenge.
It will NEVER make it there.. EVER. Lower courts have ruled on this dozens of times since we first learned about this program during the bush years..Those wanting to sue lack two big things: Standing. No one can prove that they were a target, because the program is secret. The fourth Amendment cannot be applied to say verison because they are not a person and a company has no 4th amendment rights. Further no one can show $ damages. Suit after suit has been dismissed. Throwing cantor’s name on it does not change it.
The really funny part of this is how many of us tried to tell the right this ( while they were busy questioning our patriotism) would happen? They didn’t care. They couldn’t see past the bush years when anyone tried to tell them they would be upset when their candidate was no longer in power.Shocker! Now that a black man with a D behind his name is in office they have concerns.
And, of course, the same question as always, “where were these yahoos when Bush was doing it?” People on the left have been screaming about this since it was passed. Many who voted for Obama but didn’t like his stance on a lot of things, pointed to things like this as a reason for it. Congress passed a joint resolution that gave the president carte blanch powers to wage the war on terror. It only took Bush two years to abuse that power and invade Iraq. Yes, please Mr. Senator, take back your constitutional powers and don’t allow a president, but especially the one previous to Obama, to have that kind of power. I dare say it is unamerican.
Oh, NOW he wants the opinion of the Supreme Court. But when it’s Obamacare, there’s no need for the Court
http://www.businessinsider.com/rand-paul-the-supreme-court-doesnt-get-to-decide-whats-constitutional-2012-6
“is that just a vicious liberal rumor?”
Is there any other kind? It’s fun to argue with these Rand-Ron Paul nuts (in fact old Mr. Snowden was a Ron Paul supporter, a right wing anarchist with a grudge against the government, could you imagine had he been a lefty), they go on and on about big government and two party corruption. Then you remind them that Ron and Randall are card carrying Republicans, always have been always will be, crickets……….
All that, PLUS his hair do sucks!
All that, PLUS his hair do sucks!
Actually his curly top his kinda cute. He looks so adorable when he’s wearing his Thomas the Train pajamas.
James F. Epperson…. Thanks for setting me straight. I’ve got to admit that I bit on the Ayn Rand thing..it seemed to make sense seeing how the latest generation of Teabaggers are fixated on Ayn Rand.. I know Paulie claims to have a dog eared copy of Atlas Shrugged that he considers more valuable than a Guttenberg Bible.
Oh, speaking of hair-doos that suck.. What’s with Sean Hannity and his barber shop quartet hair- doo? Every time I see him I kinda expect him to breakout singing.. “Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true, I’m half crazy all for the love of you.”