When Congress/Senate knowingly pass a law that violates the Bill of Rights...

[SnoopDog]

Does that not mean that our government has been taken over? A quiet bloodless coup?

Isn't this what Hitler and his 'congress' did - pass laws contrary to the rule of law?

There is no valid reason for any Senator to vote Yes on this FISA bill.

Passing this bill represents cooperative tyranny.

[NattPang]

1. They have been violating the Bill of Rights

For a long time.

Remember the Patriot Act I & II?
Remember the Interment of Japanese Citizens?

if a Coup happened,
it happened
a long time ago.

[fasttense]

2. With every passing day, with every vote they take,

with every subpoena they fail to uphold, the Congress is making themselves irrelevant.

I don't think our founding fathers ever believed the Congress would give up their own powers so readily to the executive branch.