{"id":74881,"date":"2013-03-11T06:27:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T06:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/11\/mister-paul-goes-to-senate\/"},"modified":"2013-03-11T06:27:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T06:27:37","slug":"mister-paul-goes-to-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/11\/mister-paul-goes-to-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMister Paul Goes to Senate<\/em>\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mister Paul Goes to Senate<\/em><\/h4>\n

Un \u00e9v\u00e9nement assez rare pour qu’on s’y attache particuli\u00e8rement a eu lieu au S\u00e9nat des \u00c9tats-Unis, les 6 et 7 mars 2013. Le s\u00e9nateur du Kentucky Rand Paul, fils de Ron, prit la parole pour exercer, selon une d\u00e9cision individuelle et nullement approuv\u00e9e par son parti, la fameuse technique du filibuster<\/em>, tenir le plus longtemps possible \u00e0 la tribune du S\u00e9nat en discourant, parlant, etc., pour emp\u00eacher une proc\u00e9dure ou un vote qu’on juge indigne, inacceptable, etc. Rand Paul a ainsi parl\u00e9 pendant 13 heures d’affil\u00e9, rappelant \u00e0 tous le fameux \u00e9pisode central du non moins fameux film<\/a> de Frank Capra Mr. Smith Goes to Washington<\/em> ; on voit dans ce film James Stewart transform\u00e9 en s\u00e9nateur d’occasion, tenir la parole pendant des heures et des heures (autour de 24 heures), se repliant finalement sur la lecture de la Constitution pour avoir quelque chose \u00e0 dire, pour \u00e9viter qu’un vote ent\u00e9rine un achat de terrain relevant d’une corruption caract\u00e9ris\u00e9e au profit d’int\u00e9r\u00eats priv\u00e9s dans l’Etat dont il est l’\u00e9lu. Dans le cas de Rand Paul, il s’agissait d’obtenir une r\u00e9ponse de l’administration Obama sur le cas de l’assassinat de citoyens am\u00e9ricains sur le sol des \u00c9tats-Unis par l’emploi de drone-tueurs dont cette administration est si friande. Son filibuster<\/em> s’exer\u00e7a \u00e0 l’encontre du vote de confirmation du directeur de la CIA, John Brennan (fervent partisan des drones-tueur), qu’il repoussait d’autant par son interminable discours.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tFinalement, Rand Paul obtint en partie gain de cause, puisqu’il re\u00e7ut une lettre du secr\u00e9taire \u00e0 la justice Eric H. Holder (sur Politico.com<\/em>, le 7 mars 2013<\/a>), un texte de 43 lettres (Nous disons en partie parce que la formulation de la question reprise par Holder comprend la restriction not engaged in combat<\/em>) :<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00abIt has come to my attention that you have now asked an additional question: Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil? The answer to that question is no.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tNous nous croyons autoris\u00e9 \u00e0 retranscrire un article du s\u00e9nateur Rand Paul, racontant son odyss\u00e9e des 6-7 mars 2013 au S\u00e9nat des Etats-Unis, avec diverses p\u00e9rip\u00e9ties, notamment l’intervention d’autres s\u00e9nateurs venant \u00e0 son aide par des proc\u00e9dures diverses en cas de filibuster<\/em>, soit par des interventions parl\u00e9es accept\u00e9es par l’orateur sous forme de questions (sans quoi, il perd la parole et met fin \u00e0 son action de filibuster<\/em>), soit m\u00eame par l’apport d’un thermos de th\u00e9 et d’une pomme, exactement ce que Stewart-s\u00e9nateur avait amen\u00e9 avec lui pour son filibuster<\/em> dans le film de Capra et cette d\u00e9marche comme une r\u00e9f\u00e9rence symbolique \u00e9vidente. Ces \u00e9pisodes ont marqu\u00e9 combien le parti r\u00e9publicain, qu’on consid\u00e8re en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral comme acquis au War Party<\/em> et \u00e0 l’interventionnisme type drone-tueur et qui devait donc \u00eatre hostile \u00e0 l’initiative de Paul, se r\u00e9v\u00e8le d\u00e9sormais nettement divis\u00e9. La tension de cette longue intervention, son aspect absolument in\u00e9dit, la r\u00e9f\u00e9rence implicite au film de Capra qui est clairement une r\u00e9f\u00e9rence symbolique id\u00e9aliste, nous disions m\u00eame utopique, aux valeurs fondamentales de la Grande R\u00e9publique malgr\u00e9 le peu qu’il en reste, ont suscit\u00e9 une \u00e9motion extr\u00eame sur l’instant et lib\u00e9r\u00e9, sur l’instant \u00e9galement, certains parlementaires des cha\u00eenes habituelles qui les tiennent (corruption, lobbying, discipline de groupe, dictature de l’extr\u00e9misme interventionniste, bref toute la panoplie du Syst\u00e8me).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tL’article a paru dans plusieurs sites et journaux, et il nous para\u00eet \u00eatre de ce fait tomb\u00e9 dans le domaine public, et d’int\u00e9r\u00eat public. (On peut notamment trouver ce texte sur Infowars.com<\/em> le 9 mars 2013<\/a> et dans le Washington Post<\/em> ce m\u00eame 9 mars 2013<\/a>. Dans les deux textes, plusieurs liens sont r\u00e9f\u00e9renc\u00e9s dans le cours du texte, bien entendu sign\u00e9 Rand Paul.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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My filibuster was just the beginning<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

\tIf I had planned to speak for 13 hours when I took the Senate floor Wednesday, I would’ve worn more comfortable shoes. I started my filibuster with the words, I rise today to begin to filibuster John Brennan’s nomination for the CIA. I will speak until I can no longer speak and I meant it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tI wanted to sound an alarm bell from coast to coast. I wanted everybody to know that our Constitution is precious and that no American should be killed by a drone without first being charged with a crime. As Americans, we have fought long and hard for the Bill of Rights. The idea that no person shall be held without due process, and that no person shall be held for a capital offense without being indicted, is a founding American principle and a basic right.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tMy official starting time was 11:47 a.m. on Wednesday, March 6, 2013.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tI had a large binder of materials to help me get through my points, but although I sometimes read an op-ed or prepared remarks in between my thoughts, most of my filibuster was off the top of my head and straight from my heart. From 1 to 2 p.m., I barely looked at my notes. I wanted to make sure that I touched every point and fully explained why I was demanding more information from the White House.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tJust before 3 p.m., Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) came to the Senate floor to help out. Under Senate rules, I could not yield the floor or my filibuster would end, and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) could have shut me down. The only way for me to continue and allow Sens. Lee and Cruz to speak was to yield the floor for questions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tTheir presence gave me strength and inspiration. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) also arrived to help. Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the only Democrat who came to my defense, explained how we have worked together to demand more information from the White House about the rules for drone strikes. At about 4:30 p.m., Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) joined. I was flagging for a while, but these senators kept me going.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tSen. Reid came to the Senate floor to ask me when I would be done so he could schedule a vote. But I wasn’t ready to yield. I felt I had a lot more explaining to do.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tAt about 6:30 p.m., something extraordinary happened. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), who has been recovering from a stroke, came to the floor to give me something. I was not allowed to drink anything but water or eat anything but the candy left in our Senate desks. But he brought me an apple and a thermos full of tea the same sustenance Jimmy Stewart brought to the Senate floor in the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. That was a moment I will never forget.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tSen. Cruz came to the floor again just before 7:30 p.m. and said, Given that the Senate rules do not allow for the use of cellular phones on the floor of the Senate, I feel quite confident that the senator from Kentucky is not aware of the Twitter-verse that has been exploding.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tI had little idea of what was going on. I was allowed only to talk and listen to questions. As I started to walk around the Senate chamber to loosen up my legs, I was energized by the responses on Twitter. Sen. Cruz really lifted my spirits when he read the tweets.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tThen something unexpected happened. House conservatives started appearing in the back of the chamber to show their support. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.), who stayed for five hours, offered me his boots when I complained that I had not worn my most comfortable shoes. My good friend Rep. Thomas Massie from Kentucky came over. And then came the conservative cavalry of Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), Ron DeSantis (Fla.), Doug LaMalfa (Calif.), Garland Andy Barr (Ky.), Trey Radel (Fla.), Michael Burgess (Tex.), Jim Bridenstine (Okla.), Raul R. Labrador (Idaho), Keith Rothfus (Pa.), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Steve Daines (Mont.), Bill Huizenga (Mich.), Richard Hudson (N.C.) and David Schweikert (Ariz.).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tOver the evening I had the support of Republican Sens. John Barrasso (Wyo.), Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), John Cornyn (Tex.), John Thune (S.D.), Pat Toomey (Pa.) and Ron Johnson (Wis.). And Sens. Cruz, Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) used the opportunity to make their first speaking appearances on the Senate floor. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) came at the end to speak, but after midnight, I had said enough.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tBy the end of the night, I was tired and my voice was cracking. I ended by saying, The cause here is one that I think is important enough to have gone through this procedure. I talked about the idea of compromise, but said that you don’t get half of the Fifth Amendment. I argued that we need more extended debates. And finally, at 12:40 a.m., I yielded the floor.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tOn Thursday, the Senate confirmed John Brennan as director of the CIA. But this debate isn’t over.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tThe Senate has the power to restrain the executive branch and my filibuster was the beginning of the fight to restore a healthy balance of powers. The president still needs to definitively say that the United States will not kill American noncombatants. The Constitution’s Fifth Amendment applies to all Americans; there are no exceptions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tThe outpouring of support for my filibuster has been overwhelming and heartening. My office has fielded thousands of calls. Millions have followed this debate on TV, Twitter and Facebook. On Thursday, the White House produced another letter explaining its position on drone strikes. But the administration took too long, and parsed too many words and phrases, to instill confidence in its willingness or ability to protect our liberty.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tI hope my efforts help spur a national debate about the limits of executive power and the scope of every American’s natural right to be free. Due process is not just a phrase that can be ignored at the whim of the president; it is a right that belongs to every citizen in this great nation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tI believe the support I received this past week shows that Americans are looking for someone to really stand up and fight for them. And I’m prepared to do just that.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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