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Bush vs. the Constitution: The Constitution wins! (for now)

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A beautiful ruling came down yesterday in Detroit, when a federal judge ruled that the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. [Read story.]

Will Bush ignore the ruling? Or will he try to have his Republican Congress pass new legislation making warrantless wiretapping legal (heaven forbid)? Or will he finally decide to respect the rule of law?

[Read the judge's complete ruling. (PDF)]

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8th Grade History by skyreader7 on Friday, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:24:20 AM
He'll go with the fourth option by Mary Shaw on Saturday, Aug 19, 2006 at 6:55:34 AM