“I was saddened and disappointed that we could not take a step forward to ensure at the very least American citizens and legal residents could not be held in detention without charge or trial," Feinstein said. "To me that was a no-brainer.”
The Fifth Amendment of the Bill of Rights is pretty clear:
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, ...nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
When U.S. Senators admit they have reneged on their oath to uphold The U.S. Constitution (and The Bill of Rights) then we have officially lost Ben Franklin's republic.
From the Huffington Post
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