Lawmakers Tear Into Obama’s Surveillance Program, Pledge To Challenge It At Supreme Court

[Swede Atlanta]

31. Unfortunately I don't see any likelihood of any changes...

I agree with you that the UnPatriotic Act (I call it the cowardly lion act) was passed by Congress and signed by Cowboy George. There have been several legal challenges to various portions of the cowardly lion act but none have succeeded. Most in fact don't even get the benefit of cert.

I seriously doubt the current Roberts court would ever strike down any provision of the act if they did grant review. While I'm sure the majority hate the fact that a Democrat is getting to reach everyone's e-mail and listen in on everyone's calls, they salivate with the thought that someday, just maybe, another Republic will be in the Oval Office and can wreak terror on liberals.

In Congress, the teabaggers in the House will never vote to dismantle any aspect of the military-industrial-spy complex even if they say they are for limited and smaller government. They too have wet dreams of a Republic in the White House to do dirty work on liberals. In the Senate most of the Democratic members like Feinstein are closet conservatives on these kinds of issues. So there is zero change of ever passing anything out of Congress to place for the president's signature.

And if we think BO or ANY executive would ever sign a law that reduces their power we are crazy. Executives LOVE their power. They, and this includes BO, are drunk on power. it is what they live for every day.

So now that this cowardly lion act is the law of the land I see ZERO chance of any changes in my lifetime.