wainiha- Ooo- I might see about changing that blog handle- which with former Senator Gramm R-BI wanting to out all the American Whinos & all.

FWIW- IAAL- & you have the general drift & math correct. Congress & the President have no more authority to overrule the 4th Amendment without complying with clear provisions in the Constitution on how it might be amended- than the President- or any other felon for that matter- has to overrule the 4th Amendment & the FISA 1978 [RIP].

The trick for the good folks at ACLU & EFF will be to get around any objections to standing to sue. Mind you- by the time that comes up President Obama will have been sworn into [whatever may be left behind & standing of that] office & hopefully will have recovered his bearings from this High & Silly Season- & AG Edwards or whoever may decline to advance such an objection- along with others like the lawsuit of Joseph & Valerie Plame against The ‘Artless Dodger [a.k.a. Big Dick a.k.a.TCM a.k.a. Shooter a.k.a. Angler a.k.a. Draftee Numbers [redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted] a.k.a. RiCHARD de CHENEY …et al.

& Senators Obama & Whitehouse being so sincere & accommodating I’d expect them to pony up their share of the court award of damages- which- incidentally- would appear to qualify for trebling under RICO.

What good is a Congress that’s afraid to make any decisions that go against the “Political Considerations First” or the “Fear is the First Consideration” criteria?

I vote for a legal penalty for breaking one’s oath of office. If you swear to uphold the Constitution etc. then you must do it.

Also not being a lawyer…We must have two thirds of the States Ratifiy an Constitutional Amendment how can we simply pass a law by Congressional majority that makes it moot? How can Congress pass a law and the President sign it if that law voilates a Constitutional Amendment?