House Liberty Caucus Archive

Constitution | Rule of Law | Liberty • Chairman @justinamash

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Just because Obama abused executive orders doesn’t mean Trump should.

Just because Trump abuses executive orders doesn’t mean a future president should.

It’s really that simple.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

End qualified immunity.
End civil asset forfeiture.
End the drug war.
End overcriminalization.
End no-knock warrants.
End militarization of police.
End mandatory minimums.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

What is qualified immunity?
What are the problems with it?
How does our new bill address it?

Please read and share. #EndQI

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Let’s pass this bill.
Let’s uphold the law.
Let’s end qualified immunity.
Let’s meet our responsibility to protect the rights of the people.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Did you know Democrats and Republicans are working to revive the Patriot Act this week? While you’re not looking, they want to bring this thing back from the dead. Tell them hell no!

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Next week, the House will vote to reauthorize expired Patriot Act provisions, which violate the 4th Amendment’s protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. This bill already passed the Senate. We must stop it before it gets to Donald Trump’s desk. He’ll sign anything.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

The recent coronavirus law may help some Americans find temporary relief, but it is too slow, wholly insufficient, and riddled with bad incentives and unintended consequences. The law will exacerbate and prolong a devastating economic decline that will harm millions of people.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

The president doesn’t have constitutional authority to issue a national stay-at-home order, so please stop urging him to do so. He can recommend, but he doesn’t get to do whatever he wants, even in a crisis. That’s the law. That’s our Constitution. It exists to secure our rights.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Congress must loudly reply NO.

“The Justice Department has quietly asked Congress for the ability to ask chief judges to detain people indefinitely without trial during emergencies.” https://t.co/B0TL8y6Sbh

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

How we defeat COVID-19:

1. Social distancing.
2. Cash relief to Americans.
3. More tests and data.
4. More personal protective equipment.
5. Practical, community-developed standards for businesses to operate.
6. Less red tape so more people can help and innovate.
7. Humility.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Almost every “reform” in the Patriot Act reauthorization is easily circumvented, won’t affect the way the government currently does surveillance, or does basically nothing at all. This is not a reform bill; it’s a bill to continue the status quo of unconstitutional surveillance.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

We can and must stop the Patriot Act. The House votes to reauthorize it this afternoon.

If you’re a progressive who opposes unconstitutional surveillance, please recognize that Democratic leaders are pushing this forward with the help of Bill Barr. Tell them no!

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Democrats have teamed up with Republicans and AG Barr to reauthorize the Patriot Act this week. Just say no!

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

If Part One, A, is implemented, there will still be more troops in Afghanistan than under Obama, four years earlier. Part One, B, follows the familiar Bush/Obama pattern of laying out impossible goals: No full withdrawal if even one individual in Afghanistan threatens the U.S.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

We should have ended the Afghanistan war years ago. When Obama left office, 8,400 troops were authorized. Trump dramatically escalated the war and added thousands of troops. His new proposal, even if successful, maintains 8,600 troops in Afghanistan—still more than when he began!

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

To decode for everyone, Democratic leaders want to reauthorize expiring unconstitutional provisions of the Patriot Act, part of FISA. Republicans will happily join them. I’ll vote no. Trump will sign it into law.

This, despite all the whining about privacy violations and abuses.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Using all caps to announce more corporate welfare doesn’t make it any better. Tariff money doesn’t come from other countries; it comes from other Americans.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

It is very important for our country’s security that the president understand he has no authority to wage war without congressional approval. Unilateral engagement is unconstitutional and illegal, and it shows weakness by suggesting Americans are not united in the action.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

One year ago today, my friend and colleague Walter Jones passed away on his 76th birthday. I miss him every day. He was deeply principled and fiercely independent. Above all, Walter was humble, gracious, and kind—a man of great faith and character. May his memory be eternal.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Americans want Congress to reclaim authority presidents have usurped to keep us in endless wars and enter new conflicts without approval. Stand with our Constitution.