S. 1927 is a bill now passed by both houses of Congress which replaces judicial warrants with executive prerogative and substitutes blank checks for reasons. Here is Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill’s lame explanation for voting YES:

I’m not thrilled. There are some changes we need to make to make sure that American citizens are protected. But it’s a lot better than a lot of things that have been forced down this Congress’ throat right before recesses that trampled on Americans’ liberties.

If Senator McCaskill was not thrilled with the legislation, why did she vote for it?

If without changes to the bill American citizens are not protected, why didn’t Senator McCaskill make those changes? If she couldn’t make the changes, why did she vote for the bill?

In Claire McCaskill’s characterization of her own mind, she sees a bill is being forced through the Senate that she feels she is powerless to stop, so she just wafts along with the gang. She might as well vote yes, with the consolation that it “trampled on Americans’ liberties” less than some other bills in the past.

Outside Claire McCaskill’s mind, we’re aware that she is a United States Senator. United States Senators are not powerless. United States Senators can choose to vote NO on bills they do not like. United States Senators can place holds on bills. United States Senators can offer amendments. United States Senators can filibuster.

Another piece of the United States Constitution was trampled yesterday, and a U.S. Senator votes for the bill that does it because she says she was “forced” to, as if a gun were held to her head, as if she had no brain in her head, as if she were utterly incapable of making a choice or exercising power.

Claire McCaskill is either devoid of the will to exercise her power to defend the Constitution — or she is using a mask of blank will to cover active anti-constitutional intent.

In the former case, she’s a waste of space. In the latter case, she is an opponent of civil liberty. In either case, she needs to be replaced, along with other nominal Democrats who can’t or won’t handle the responsibilities of representative democracy.