[Osx-nutters] hereditary kings

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On 18 Aug 2006, at 22:55 , Kevin Callahan wrote:
> <http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/18/1352240>
>
> GLENN GREENWALD: Well, there are several aspects to why it's so  
> significant, the first of which is, this is the first time a  
> federal court has ruled on the legality of the Bush  
> administration's highly controversial warrantless eavesdropping  
> program, and the court rather resoundingly said that it violates  
> several constitutional protections and also violates the law. So  
> it's the first judicial decision on what has been a highly  
> controversial political issue.
>
> And then, beyond that, the court was very emphatic in rejecting the  
> Bush administration's arguments, not just with regard to  
> warrantless eavesdropping, but more broadly with regard to its  
> radical theories of executive power that say that the President has  
> almost unchecked authority in the area of national security, and  
> it's now the second court, after the Supreme Court in Hamdan did  
> that, to say that that theory is alien to our constitutional  
> traditions.

And yet, nothing will change.  Bush has already "stood by" the NSA  
program, so it is certain to continue.  He has two more years to drag  
this country into a fascist fundie morass from which it may never  
emerge.  Why would he abide by the courts when he has demonstrated  
over and over that he considers himself above the law.  There is no  
one willing to stand up to him, because the Legislature is filled  
with cowards and lackeys.


-- 
Mickey and Mallory know the difference between right and wrong; they  
just don't give a damn.