God bless the ACLU!
The JonBenet Ramsey news, if that's what it really is, got pushed aside just a bit ago by the announcement that a federal judge ruled that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor also ordered an immediate halt to the practie.
The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of journalists, scholars and lawyers.
Taylor said the National Security Agency program violates the rights of free speech and privacy as well as the separation of powers enshrined by the Constitution.
The DOJ immediately rebuffed the decision saying the program is "essential" to the war on terror.
The president immediately rebuffed the decision saying the program is "essential" to the war on terr-uh.
The vice president immediately rebuffed the decision saying the program is "essential" to ensuring the ongoing financial success of Haliburton.
Next step, you can be sure, is that the backward street boys on Pennsylvania Ave. will clunk their heads together and find some unwitting accomplice in the Senate to endorse an amendment to allow this invasion of our privacy.
How many times does this administration have to trip over its shirttails before it realizes that it just cannot -- no way, no how -- usurp the Constitution?
Remember, the people who want to take away your civil rights, want to erase or rewrite the Constitution or further alter the American way of life are the same people who will, in a heartbeat, turn around, poke a finger in your eye and call you un-American if you utter one word against their falsified war in Iraq.
They are dangerous.
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Ed,
Wouldn't it be great if we could get the ACLU and the NRA to agree to work together to protect ALL constitutional right for EVERYONE? Now that would be a real victory!
Posted by: Barry Short | August 18, 2006 03:48 PM
Ed:
If God blessed the A.C.L.U., they would likely sue Him for doing so.
Posted by: Pappy | August 19, 2006 10:09 AM
Speaking of God, politics and the Constitution, I find it interesting that many of the same people who believe the Constitution was inpired by God also believe that God leads Dubya in his decisions as president.
That doesn't seem to work out in many of these post-9/11 scenarios that weaken our Constitutional freedoms. So ... God inspired Dubya and his cronies to try and destroy His inspired document — the Constitution? Huh?
I wonder if this administration realizes that every time they weaken our civil rights to "fight terrorism" that they actually are helping the terrorists find victory. The goal of many terrorists is to destroy our freedoms. Even Dubya has said that. Violence is not the only way they destroy our freedoms. Sometimes it's through our own leaders.
Posted by: Dwayne | August 19, 2006 12:53 PM