Leslie Harris, a lobbyist for the A.C.L.U., said her group would try to persuade the negotiators to delete the provision because "it does serious damage to the Fourth Amendment," which restricts police rights to search.
The Judiciary Committee should torpedo the plan now, before it does serious harm to this important court.
Since the disease was only recently discovered, it is unknown whether it does serious long-term damage, as untreated Lyme disease can.
On the other hand it does serious political broadsides -- generally on globalism and the killing of innocents in wars -- and absurd Dadaist sex chants, as if the singers were suddenly school kids about to blow a gasket with stifled laughter.
Even if the most catastrophic outcome a default on federal debt is avoided, the consequences of this fiscal insanity are likely to be bigger than many now expect, for two reasons.First, the fanaticism of some Republicans suggests that the stand-off may not end until it does serious harm.
Granting the stay petition would give the FCC a chance to fix this mess before it does serious damage to consumers and the internet.
