A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day. - Calvin (as in, Calvin and Hobbes)
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wiretaps
Oh, if only the telecom lobby were as ineffective as these Chinese Segway-machine-gun paramilitary guys look. Unfortunately, that is not the case; Congress has granted telecoms that participated in blatantly and admittedly illegal wiretapping retroactive immunity. The point of such a law is to let private companies know that if the President asks them to do something that any doofus can tell is illegal they can just do it without worrying. Of course the ACLU and the EFF will challenge the constitutionality of the FISA amendment law in court, but can you honestly see SCOTUS countermanding Congress and the President on something that could be characterized as a national security issue?
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I do think that SCOTUS would challenge Congress and the Executive on a matter of national security. Why? Because the SCOTUS is on a spree of asserting authority... as in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu4EQqOBYwU
Mr. McSlackerson, I believe you might be conflating "authoritah" with "authority," which is like conflating "truth" with "truthiness." "Authoritah" is just temporarily hitting the Executive on the shins.
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