[Soul Seeker]

And then the Court of Review did one more thing, something that has repercussions in today's surveillance controversy. Not only could the FISA Court not tell the president how do to his work, the Court of Review said, but the president also had the "inherent authority" under the Constitution to conduct needed surveillance without obtaining any warrant — from the FISA Court or anyone else. Referring to an earlier case, known as Truong, which dealt with surveillance before FISA was passed, the Court of Review wrote: "The Truong court, as did all the other courts to have decided the issue, held that the President did have inherent authority to conduct warrantless searches to obtain foreign intelligence information. . . . We take for granted that the President does have that authority and, assuming that is so, FISA could not encroach on the President's constitutional power."

Someone send this to Judge Napalitano.

[jveritas]

Excellent find. I wonder why it took so long for this to show up.

[Mo1]

Someone send this to Judge Napalitano.

To Arlen Specter too

[Txsleuth]

Would Napalitano care???

I doubt it...