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On August 8, U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit ruled that the NSA's warrantless eavesdropping program is utterly unconstitutional, and ordered the Bush administration to desist immediately. According to Judge Taylor, "The public interest is clear, in this matter. It is the upholding of our Constitution."
"We must first note that the Office of the Chief Executive has itself been created, with its powers, by the Constitution," wrote Judge Taylor. "There are no hereditary Kings in America and no power not created by the Constitution. So all 'inherent power' must derive from that Constitution." In this case, the Bush administration has arrogantly insisted ...