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Tamyrlin79 Donating Member (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 12:38 PM
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5. the 4th amendment is the key here.
1) the 4th amendment "amends" all the texts passed in the original constitution, meaning that even if Bush is correct (which he isn't, but lets for the moment assume so), then any power granted in the "executive power" section was subsequently constrained by the 4th Amendment.

2) No law passed by Congress, including a declaration of war, trumps the constitution.

3) The resolution passed by congress did not repeal, revise, or otherwise amend FISA.


In other words, they have no leg to stand on here.
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