John Ashcroft

[Declan McCullagh]

More on Ashcroft's tech record:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=ashcroft

But I wonder who really believes Ashcroft is being absolutely genuine
in his responses to Feinstein?

-Declan


On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 10:55:10AM -0500, Matthew Gaylor wrote:
> I happened to catch some of the confirmation hearings on CSPAN last 
> night.  Of particular interest was John Ashcroft's responses to 
> Dianne Feinstein's, (D-Calif.) questions.  Basically Ashcroft stated 
> that both Brady and the assault weapon bill are constitutional and 
> that he supported their continuance.  He said something to the effect 
> that "We need to move forward on these issues". He also mentioned 
> that he favored closing the "gun show loophole" (A view shared by 
> Republican sellouts).
> 
> On both 1st and 4th amendment issues, John Ashcroft has one of the 
> worst records on Capital Hill. Ashcroft sponsored the 
> "Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation
> Act" would have criminalized certain drug- and drug policy- related 
> discussions on the Internet, and would have allowed police to conduct 
> secret searches of homes, with the residents never being informed 
> before or after that the police were there.
> 
> It is my opinion that Yale grad Ashcraft is a phony conservative 
> (aside from the abortion issue) and phony constitutionalist.
> 
> Please visit http://www.StopJohnAshcroft.org today and help stop the 
> appointment of John Ashcroft as Attorney General -- or, just call the 
> Congressional Switchboard at (202) 224-3121, twice, have them 
> transfer you to each of your two Senators in turn, and urge they vote 
> "no" on the Ashcroft appointment.
> 
> Regards,  Matt-
> 
> 
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