http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:00:43 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/01/24/225649.php#comment-310300 Thanks for the comment. I'm no attorney, but "Judicial Review" in the larger sense takes place when parties challenge acts of the legislature in the courts. This issues offers an opportunity for the Congress to further clarify what powers it intended to grant to the Executive, as well as for Congress to put on the record the stands taken by members on the issue. Despite the outrage (which I believe is mostly feigned), serious Democratic presidential candidates don't seem to be calling for the elimination of this program. h 310300@blogcritics.org Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:00:43 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/01/24/225649.php#comment-310174 ummm...the Congress can take a shot, but it will still need to come up for Judicial Review...if nothing else to ensure Constitutionality under various articles in the Bill of Rights (4th and 5th Amendments, at least) so, you can hold on to the partisan drool fest for a bit yet and the original Poster might want to actually read the FISA law and then ponder the implications for bypassing it before spouting off i'm pretty certain Rove has, as well as many of the paleocons who are rightfully horrified at the possible implications not to mention those kooky Libertarian types... but i digress... Excelsior! 310174@blogcritics.org Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:30:28 EST