They don't need to kill the filibuster

Will the filibuster matter? Not if laws can be enacted that cannot be scrutinized by Judical Review. Oh come on, you're saying, you are wearing your Oliver Stone suit. No, I'm not. This passed last night as part of the Real ID bill.

Check this out

II. Waiver of Laws to Facilitate Barriers at Border44 Section 102 of the IIRIRA generally provides for construction and strengthening of barriers along U.S. land borders and specifically provides for 14 miles of barriers and roads along the border near San Diego, beginning at the Pacific Ocean and extending eastward. IIRIRA § 102(c) provides for a waiver of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)45 and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)46 to the extent the Attorney General determines is necessary to ensure expeditious construction of barriers and roads...

H.R. 418 [the Real ID Act of 2005] would provide additional waiver authority over laws that might impede the expeditious construction of barriers and roads along the border. H.R. 418 would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive any and all laws that he determines necessary, in his sole discretion, to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads under IIRIRA § 102...

Section 102 of H.R. 418 would amend the current provision to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive any law upon determining that a waiver is necessary for the expeditious construction of the border barriers. Additionally, it would prohibit judicial review of a waiver decision or action by the Secretary and bar judicially ordered compensation or injunction or other remedy for damages alleged to result from any such decision or action.

What's great is that there was no debate about this, it didn't go through committee and garnered very little publicity. They just attached it to the appropriations bill for the Troops. Now, I support the troops, I give to the USO and Books for Soldiers. Granted, I don't do enough and I know I should do more. But I don't use the troops to back door legislation that will end all checks and balances in our country. You want to support the troops? Try honoring the constitution that they swear to uphold.

Kids, this is fucking scary. Wake up and get pissed.