For those readers - and journalists - insisting that there is little in the way of policy differences between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the law professor Jeffrey Rosen begs to differ. In an op-ed in today's New York Times, Rosen finds striking differences between the two over civil liberties:
In the Senate, Mr Obama distinguished himself by making civil liberties one of his legislative priorities. He co-sponsored a bipartisan reform bill that would have cured the worst excesses of the Patriot Act by meaningfully tightening the standards for warrantless surveillance. Once again, he helped encourage a coalition of civil-libertarian liberals and libertarian conservatives. The effort failed when Hillary Clinton joined 13 other Democrats in supporting a Republican motion to cut off debate on amendments to the Patriot Act.
The whole article is worth reading.
