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There Is No Doubt That Constitutional Freedoms Will Never Be Abolished In One Fell Swoop, For The American People Cherish Their Freedoms, And Would Not Tolerate Such A Loss If They Could Perceive It. But The Erosion Of Freedom Rarely Comes As An All-out Frontal Assault But Rather As A Gradual, Noxious Creeping, Cloaked In Secrecy, And Glossed Over By Reassurances Of Greater Security.

That's What The Senate Is About. It's The Last Bastion Of Minority Rights, Where A Minority Can Be Heard, Where A Minority Can Stand On Its Feet, One Individual If Necessary, And Speak Until He Falls Into The Dust

It Was The Separation Of Powers Upon Which The Framers Placed Their Hopes For The Preservation Of The People's Liberties. Despite This Heritage, The Congress Has Been In Too Many Cases More Than Willing To Walk Away From Its Constitutional Powers.

Saddam Hussein Is A Threat, But The Threat Is Not So Great That We Must Be Stampeded To Provide Such Authority To This President Just Weeks Before An Election.

The Ongoing Strife In Iraq, And The Billions Of Dollars That The President Is Seeking To Continue That War, Give Me Little Comfort That This Administration Has Learned From Its Mistakes In Iraq.