Since we are kicking around amendments this morning, this one just occurred to me:
An amendment to ban the use of torture by the US government and its various agencies. Seems like the cruel and unusual punishment thing does not apply to prisoners. Maybe we need something a bit more wide reaching.
Since there was broad bipartisan support for such language in the soon to be vetoed legislation written by McCaine, it might be politically feasible and it could not get the big NO stamp from the chimp.
But, what do you think in principle?
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