Just righting a Obama wrong.
The Helms-Burton law (passed in 1995 on a bipartisan vote and signed by President Clinton) sets clear conditions before the American embargo on Cuba can be relaxed. The President(Obama) must determine — and report to Congress — that there is in power at Havana a  transition government that has, among other things, “legalized all political activity,” “released all political prisoners,” committed to “free and fair elections for a new government” with the participation of “multiple independent political parties.” Also required is progress toward an independent judiciary, freedom for independent labor unions, and assurance of private property rights. Plus, a transition government can be only one that “does not include Fidel Castro or Raul Castro.” That is the law and Cuba has met none of those tests. Yet Obama and Democrats are plunging ahead like the Constitution and Congress mean nothing.