The new House Speaker, Mike Johnson (R-AR), the same as the last House Speaker, is doing what he can to pass the fundamentally unconstitutional renewal of Section 702 of the FISA Act, the section that allows for a star chamber to convict without trial and spy on Americans without a search warrant.
The plan is to present two competing bills to the House and approve the one that gets the most votes in a tactic called “The Queen of the Hill.” Neither bill ends the unconstitutional practice. If anything, both bills end up expanding powers, under Johnson’s watch.
This latest action proves Johnson is not the hero many thought he was. He talks a good game until it comes to real impactful action, which is a long-standing tradition in the Republican party.
From redstate.com:
The debate centers on two bills coming from the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees. House Speaker Johnson’s plan was to have a showdown on the floor in which both bills would be debated with one of them emerging as the measure Republican lawmakers would get behind. But at least a few House Republicans aren’t on board with the idea.
The House Rules Committee pulled consideration of the two bills after a GOP conference meeting that was staged as a debate over reforming Section 702 of the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act (FISA), which allows the government to spy on foreigners overseas.
But the differences between the two pieces of legislation took a backseat to Johnson’s plan for resolving a months-long standoff over how to reconcile differences between the two bills, thwarting his plan for a “Queen of the Hill” battle that would bring both to the floor for a vote.
While the unusual process would allow consideration of both bills, it would not allow for amendments, alarming members who want to hash out differences between the two approaches.
The unconstitutional Section 702 of the FISA act is sure to be renewed, and most likely with expanded powers, with a republican-majority House. This means the Republicans, who suffered the dismantling of an effective Presidency under Trump thanks to actions facilitated by this fascist act, want the Democrats to continue to use star chambers to attack their own members, proving the party is no party at all, but rather, is a mere placeholder party occupying the space of true opposition to assure their masters, the DNC-CCP, effectively remain in power even when the GOP gets a token win.
Renewal of this act’s violently anti-American section is the final proof we need to show the republic is dead, long live the oligarchy of the DNC-CCP.
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