[null and void]

Couldn't the Patriot Act have been part of a contingency response?

Absolutely! It's annoying that bad times make for bad laws. OTOH, the Sooooooooopremes will overturn the un-Constitutional parts...

[Calpernia]

I wish the NLG and or ACLU would just get declared Domestic Terrorists. It would save us all with this speculation of who has what motives. And get the offices cleaned out faster.