only 27 u.s. senators take seroiusly their oath to uphold the constitution; aclu lawsuit last chance to perserve constitutional right to privacy

Here are their names (call and/or email them your thanks for trying their best to preserve the Fourth Amendment):

Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Wyden (D-OR)

That's 26... the 27th is Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), who is still recovering from surgery for a brain tumor and was unable to make today's vote, but has been a vocal opponent of the unnecessary FISA Amendments Act that today shredded the Constitution. A clip is below, and his full speech in December 2007 is here.



Meanwhile, the ACLU announced after the Senate vote that they will be bringing a lawsuit to challenge the new law as unconstitutional as soon as Pres. Bush signs it.