I haven't been paying attention, and now I'm really really pizzed at Obama!

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36. Dooley's dictum, sadly, remains true:

No matther whether th'constitution follows th'flag or not, th'supreme coort follows th'iliction returns

I don't like the FISA courts; I don't agree with warrantless telephone records collection; and I regard the idea that no warrant is needed, to obtain emails over 180 days old, as simply ridiculous

But the current SCOTUS is unlikely to chop any of these practices off at the knees -- and SCOTUS in practice determines what the Constitution means

The wonderful Warren Court is now only a distant memory: it was followed by the rather more conservative Burger court, then the dreadful Rehnquist court (which appointed Bush II to the Oval Office), and today's Roberts court -- consequences of the elections of Nixon, Reagan, and Bush II

So the only real current option is to modify these laws by Congressional action