Commentary: New Laws

Major changes in our democracy - torture, martial law, denial of right to
trial - have been inserted into recent bills with so little public
attention that they could almost be called secret laws. The Senate action
yesterday in denying the right to purchase drugs from licensed companies
abroad had been only one amendment to Senator Kennedy's Senate Bill 1082
- The Enhancing Drug Safety and Innovations Act. Pages 106-107 of the Act
also affirm new policies published by the FDA. Those policies include the
"intended use" criterion for regulating natural substances as drugs. (See
FDA Docket # 2006-D0480 - II A)



The House Administration Committee is preparing to drop its investigation
of the Florida 24th District election Contest, where legal voter
affidavits prove false election results. Representative Robert Brady is
chairman.

- Jean G. Braun