His delivery is over the top for my taste, but the points he brings up about the law itself, about the holes in the President’s logic, and about the telecom immunity portions are dead on. The President is lying about the role of this bill and the immediacy of action. In fact, this bill could die tomorrow and the surveillance begun under the PAA would be in force until the next President comes into office. The President and the Republicans are putting on a show, prioritizing telecoms and their own lawbreaking over you, me, and the rule of law in our land.

It would be nice if those law-and-order conservatives who scream about immigration laws would step up and treat big companies with big donors the same way. The law here is clear. All I ask is that the President and the Republicans follow it and speak truthfully about it.