You are exactly right: President Bush should just ignore the ruling.
People seem to think that judges are the final authority on what is constitutional and what is not.
When the Constitution grants a specific power to the President (like defending the country from foreign enemies as Commander in Chief), legitimate Presidentional actions to carry out that responsibility cannot simply be waved off by the ACLU and some friendly judge.
After President Bush tells the judge to stuff it, the people ultimate decide on the constitutionality of his actions through future elections or impeachment.
When the Constitution grants a specific power to the President (like defending the country from foreign enemies as Commander in Chief), legitimate Presidentional actions to carry out that responsibility cannot simply be waved off by the ACLU and some friendly judge.
174 posts and finally a common sense, constitutionally sound comment. This thread reads like a senate debate.
There are dozens of situations where warrantless searches have been approved by the courts.
The Assistant Attorney General of the United States, provides a brief summary of the legal authority supporting the NSA activities described by the President.
Here is a very good thread on the facts of "warrentless wire taps"