Mr. Schumer’s pre-9/11 mentality includes the 1996 anti terror law he authored.
The law that most confuse with the PATRIOT ACT

http://www.boogieonline.com/revolution/legal/police/terror95.html

S. 390 was introduced February 10, 1995 by Sen. Joe Biden, D-Delaware, and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania. H.R. 896 was introduced the same day in the House by Rep. Charles Schumer, D-New York, and Rep. Dicks.

The National Coalition Against Repressive Legislation summarized the bill in 1995 and the law as finally passed in 1996. NCARL and others raised important criticisms:

Presumed guilty, secret evidence can be used
Permanent resident aliens arrested under this law have to prove they should not be held in jail before trial. Secret evidence can used in the detention hearings and at trial that only the judge could see, not the defendant.

Presidential powers expanded.
The President can label organizations — without any appeal or review — as “terrorist”, and criminalize fundraising for humanitarian aid even remotely related to such groups.

Punishment for lawful actions.
Permanent resident aliens can be deported or indefinitely jailed for their affiliations or political activity, with no judicial review.

The Critics
On April 24, 1995, the American Civil Liberties Union issued a press release quoting their Executive Director Ira Glasser,

In past times of tragedy and fear, the government has harassed, investigated and arrested innocent people solely because of their race, religion, national origin, speech or political beliefs………………

Vince Miller, Director of the International Society for Individual Liberty, said the following in an April 26, 1995, message to LiberNet:

The “Counter-Terrorism Bill” however, concentrates enormous police powers in a domestic equivalent of the National Security Council, and gives the President tremendous arbitrary power to declare who is a domestic or overseas “terrorist” — a decision which this legislation says shall not be subject to appeal! The bill authorizes secret trials for citizens and immigrants who are merely accused of lending support (including humanitarian aid) to domestic or international “terrorist” organizations, and these accusations may be made by anonymous informants.

NOTE: this bill was written by Sen. Joe Biden, now VP. Rep. Charles Schumer now Sen. Charles Schumer. Sen. Arlen Specter, R- now D. and Rep Dicks

Bishop on November 19, 2009 at 10:00 AM

He didn’t say hug a Democrat! Learn to read.

Loathsome cretin.

Democrat anthem.

You need to hug the next solider you see and thank him for the oppurtunity to say such Bullsh!t.

Hug a murdering, baby torturing psychopath? Perish the thought.

Bishop on November 19, 2009 at 10:00 AM

I sincerely hope you’re being sarcastic.

Obama is supposed to be all for bipartisanship right? So the only bipartisanship in DC these days is opposition to Obama’s plans.

Bipartisan filibusters must have something real behind them. It shows there are some folks in Congress who are looking out for the good of the country!

In fact with 60 votes the only filibuster in this congress by definition has to be bipartisan.

Once again this is dem on dem shut down.

Bleeds Blue on November 19, 2009 at 9:34 AM

Poor guy. It must be hell going through life with a head full of puss.

Bleeds Blue on November 19, 2009 at 9:34 AM

You might want to note the Democrats who are joining them in those filibusters.

Bleeds Blue on November 19, 2009 at 9:34 AM

WOW!!! Where did you get all the straw for that man?

PappaMac on November 19, 2009 at 9:50 AM

You can always count on Bleeds Blue to come back with “Well, what about republicans when they [insert totally unrelated matter here].”

He / she / it plays the “straw man” card every time. And is not very good at it at all.

I don’t get it.
…

hence no ethics and total freedom to lie, be hypocritical and obfuscate.

to schumer and the left everything is relative, partisan and political.

if bush did this he and obama would be up in arms.

it’s sickening.

It is discouraging to have to support such stupid decisions and after a while it will be lip service to most on the left. The intensity that got him elected is already gone.

Even most of our trolls are not as intensively supportive as they once were.

They can’t scrape together a backbone amongst them.

You need to hug the next solider you see and thank him for the oppurtunity to say such Bullsh!t.

Hug a murdering, baby torturing psychopath? Perish the thought.

They will be given a fair trial, then executed.

What’s the point of a trial if there’s no possibility of acquittal? If his rationale is that “well, they’re guilty anyway, and will be found so, and sentenced to death”, what’s wrong with their guilty plea before a military tribunal?

Something stinks really, really badly, and I don’t think Americans like what is happening.

9/11 actually made Chuck Schumer act like a New Yorker first and a jackass politician second, for a little while. But he eventually recovered.

rockmom on November 19, 2009 at 9:52 AM

Yep, they just increased the potency of the Kool-Aid.