Speech #1020055448

The administration proposal would repeal important protections. permitting the death penalty for people with mental retardation and other serious mental disabilities. authorizing the death penalty for crimes in Indian country over the objections of the tribal government. and repealing provisions that require reasonable compensation for competent counsel and experts in capital cases. The administration proposal would diminish the protections of the fourth amendment. It would expand the exception to the exclusionary rule to cover searches without warrants. The administration proposal would authorize secret proceedings for the deportation of foreign nationals. departing from the accepted American practice of 200 years. adopting practices that we have uniformly condemned in other countries around the world. We can quickly and forthrightly deport terrorists without resorting to secrecy. America is an open society.