Hug a Judge

Today a federal judge in Detroit singlehandedly put an end to the president's warrantless surveillance program. All day I was bursting with so much to say on this, then I get home to find Jack Cafferty has said it all. The transcript is from Crooks & Liars and John has the video too. Jack, the floor is yours:

This Federal district judge ruled today President Bush is breaking the law by spying on people, in this country, without a warrant. The judge said the President is violating the First Amendment to the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FISA, passed by Congress 1978, specifically to prevent this kind of abuse of power. It was being done before. That’s why the FISA court was created in the first place.

So what does this mean? It means President Bush violated his oath of office, among other things, when he swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States. It means he’s being lying to us about the program since it started, when tells us there’s nothing illegal about what he’s doing. A court has ruled it is illegal. And it means a 75 year old black female judge in Michigan has finally stepped in and done the job that Congress is supposed to do, namely oversight of the executive branch of government. But the gov…but the Congress is controlled by Republicans. They are controlled by the President, and they have done nothing in the way of oversight.

I hope it means the arrogant inner circle at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue may finally have to start answering to the people that own that address, that would be us, about how they conduct our country’s affairs.

Now can we impeach the bastard?

Glenn Greenwald has more.