Bending the Third Rail
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Friday, August 18, 2006
King George
There was much in the news yesterday about the federal judge who smacked down the Bush administrations illegal wiretapping:
"There are no hereditary kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution," declared the judge, who was appointed by President Carter. The NYT says the wiretap ruling "rejected almost every administration argument."
Why am I not excited about this?

Because the order isn't executed until all appeals are exhausted, which means that this sucker goes to the Supreme Court. Until they rule, it's just business as usual for now. And as we all know, it's a crap-shoot if the Supreme will crown Bush or not.

I guess it has some PR value politically. But legally, it's a non-story.
Written at 9:43 AM by Greyhair.
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