There is nothing a liberal will not do to make sure we are vulnerable to another attack. They have been caterwauling for a year about the President Bush's illegal domestic wiretapping program. Problem is, the program is neither illegal nor Domestic. But that is not important to liberals because it's the truth.
Anyway Judge Anna Diggs Taylor (She's proof that Jimmy Carter is the gift that keeps on giving) ruled the program unconstitutional in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU on behalf of lawyers, scholars, and Greenpeace. Apparently Greenpeace was worried about elm trees being secretly wiretapped. These scholars claim the program makes it difficult to do their jobs. I’m curious about what their jobs are that they need to be phoning suspected terrorists....
That's not the point here. the point is this liberal judge didn't so much as give a ruling based on the constitution but give a dissertation as to why the program is bad based on the liberal distaste for George W Bush.
She also cemented her place in the new left my doing two things. Deciding that the courts shall decide how the country is protected and not disclosing her close association with the ACLU. We are not talking about riding her bike past the ACLU headquarters. We are talking about $125,000 given by her to the Michigan ACLU, the lead plaintiff in the case, and did not disclose this apparent conflict of interest.
Oops.
Well it's not important because after all liberalism is the way of the future. Even though the vast majority of Americans do not agree with their ideology they are determined to enforce their beliefs. Abortion, gay marriage, sex education, the outlawing Christianity all of which the voting public has spoken on yet the liberals have decided to use the courts to force it upon us. The NSA program is no different. Fortunately for the sane people of this country the Judges ruling was so ridiculous, so meandering that it will never hold up. Even those who believe the program is unconstitutional have panned the decision. The 44 page ruling reads, at times like a blog from the Daily KOS rather than judicial decision.

"It was never the intent of the framers to give the president such unfettered control, particularly where his actions blatantly disregard the parameters clearly enumerated in the Bill of Rights," Taylor wrote in her 43-page opinion. ". . . There are no hereditary Kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution. So all 'inherent powers' must derive from that Constitution."

That particular statement left most of us scratching our heads. Even the New York Times who originally praised the Judges ruling had to back pedal when basically every legal mind in the country regardless of their position condemned the Judges poorly written decision. Basically what Judge Taylor is doing is making us less safe based on assumptions. By giving the government more power they could use it to spy on innocent people. They could use it to keep track of our movements, They could use it as a stepping stone to the removals of other civil liberties. I have yet to see any cases of this happening. I think being blown up by a terrorist is infringing on my civil rights.
Based on the Judges past attempts to highjack cases to further her own personal agenda this was a coordinated attempt by the left to handcuff the president in protecting the country. The Bush Administration obviously appealed and the program is still active. I suppose the left was scared to have the case heard in a state that isn't stacked with dangerous liberal judges. The Liberals claim the president is trampling on our rights but when asked if they have been violated or if they know if anyone who has had their phone tapped they go on a rampage where the words Nazi, and dictator are used in fast repetition. And while they are screaming the program has prevented disasters like the destruction of the Brooklyn bridge and the recent foiled plot in London. Of course there are the polls the liberals always point to. Majority of Americans do not agree with the NSA wiretapping program. Really? I suppose it is how the question is asked. If you as people "Do you think President Bush should be engaged in illegal domestic wiretapping" everyone and their Uncle Erik will say no way. However if you ask people if We should be tracking calls to and from terrorists in and out of the country the majority of the people say yes. So you see the people want to be protected but once again the Liberals ignore that and try to further their dangerous vision for America. Judge Taylor is a prime example.
-Bert