In this speech Gore explains that the administration's disdain for checks and balances lead directly to systemic horrors in U.S. prison facilities. The checks and balances concern is something that we've discussed here repeatedly for years. It was my fear that these things were dangerous precedents that would inevitably be abused in the future. Gore is right. Those abuses came much faster then I had predicted. This essay is worth the time it takes to read it.

Gore Speech