Thursday, August 17, 2006

Court to Bush: "You have to obey the law, you jackass."

By way of Think Progress

Fox News reports a federal district court in Detroit has ruled that the Bush administration’s NSA warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it.

"In this case, the President has acted, undisputedly, as FISA forbids. FISA is the expressed statutory policy of our Congress. The presidential power, therefore, was exercised at its lowest ebb and cannot be sustained." - Judge Anna Diggs Taylor (opinion (pdf) here)

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