Posted on 12/02/2016 8:20:25 PM PST by John Semmens
Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) has joined with Sen. John McCain (R-Az) to modify the recently passed Justice Against Sponsors of Terror Act (JASTA). This law allows victims of terrorist attacks to sue the governments that provide funding and sanctuary to terrorists.
Graham is concerned that "the existing law can come back to bite us. When Congress overrode President Obama's veto they were thinking 'let's make these Muslim governments pay for the damages done by the groups they harbor.' What was overlooked was the possibility that our own government would be made liable for damage done by terrorists armed by the Obama Administration. Ambassador Stevens, for example, was killed by weapons our country supplied to Libyan terror groups. If the families of those killed in the Benghazi attack sued our own government the embarrassment and damage to our prestige would be incalculable."
"Haste in amending JASTA is essential," Graham urged. "If we don't get this passed before President Obama leaves office we'll have no chance to achieve the needed reform. A President Trump would surely veto such a change. A President Obama, who didn't want JASTA to begin with, will readily sign an amendment limiting its scope."
In a second legislative endeavor, Graham joined with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill) to draft a bill that would bar Trump from deporting some of those in the country illegally. "This bill is necessary because all that currently protects these people from being deported is an Executive Order issued by President Obama," Graham pointed out. "That Executive Order can be countermanded by Trump on his own initiative without the consent of Congress. Rule by a unilateral Executive Order from a President Trump without Congressional consent would be dictatorial. This is something we must not allow to happen."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/208218-2016-12-02-semi-news-semi-satire-december-4-2016-edition.htm
ping
“Lame duck”
What you got against ‘differntly abled waterfowl’?
“differntly”
My spelchuk is differently abled, too! haha.
stomp them in the DIRT!!!
lol
And one would have to have a SHARP eye to notice that particular spelling error.
I didn’t :)
How many millions is this asshat faggot getting from the Saudis to avoid huge lawsuits...tell me!
Okay, you stumped me. Where is the satire in this piece? Is it the part where Dick Durbin is still a Senator from Illinois? That can’t possibly be true, can it?
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