After the preliminary injunction was granted, Bertha Lewis, ACORN’s Executive Director, said, “The court's decision is a victory not only for the many dedicated citizens who work with ACORN to improve their communities and promote responsible lending and homeownership, but for the Constitution and the rights of all Americans.”I'm also fairly sure that this week's news that the entire video that prompted outrage from the Wingers was faked had a lot to do with this ruling.
According to Jules Lobel, CCR Vice-President and Cooperating Attorney: “This historic decision by the Court affirms the fundamental constitutional principle that the Congress cannot be judge, jury, and executioner.”
CCR Legal Director Bill Quigley added, “This ruling protects not only ACORN but all other organizations or individuals that Congress unfairly targets. The clearly partisan push by the far right to punish those it politically disagrees with has ended here.”
But let's keep in mind what happened: Even with 59% of the House and 60 Senate seats, the Dems were instantly willing to throw ACORN under the bus for political expediency when the fake video surfaced, just because the GOP said it must have been true. It wasn't.
We need better Democrats in Congress.
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We need better Democrats in Congress.
more than that - we just need better HUMANS / PEOPLE / FELLOW AMERICAN CITIZENS at all levels of government - especially at the federal level.
it all comes down to public financing of elections so that the evil corporations run by evil people or evil investors cannot buy congress wholesale.
Fear is strong with the Senate, not of their own voters of course (hence no public option) but of not getting a pat on the back from their GOP colleagues and the infotainment industry.
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