Ann Beeson, the ACLU's associate legal director, said the administration's arguments in defense of the program don't square with the Constitution.The Duh of the Year, which very few of our Congresscritters seem willing to say. Thanks, Ms. Beeson, for saying it. And good luck.
"The framers never intended to give the president the power to ignore the laws of Congress even during wartime and emergencies," she said last week during a conference call with reporters.
ACLU Takes Wiretapping Issue to the Courts
Good.
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