[Common Tator]

As far as we know, Bush hasn’t asked the Justice Department about it or his own White House Counsel.

Perhaps Bush asked the 5 Republican supreme court justices what they think.

If I were Bush that is who I would ask, and if the answer was good, I wouldn't get very upset about it at all.

It may surprise you to learn that the DOJ and the Attorney General can't do anything about CFR. Those 5 Supremes are another matter.

This bill makes it a very tough world on Democrats. If they talked to the nuts and bolts people in the Democratic party instead of Katie Couric they would know how much this Bill hurts Democrats.

Twenty five years ago when Democrats limited hard money to $1,000 a doner they were sure that it would destory Republican fund raising. But it didn't. The Republicans way out raised them. Democrats had to invent the soft money loophole to get around their own law.

They will find a new loophole here. Lawyers write the laws. Lawyers get paid for finding loopholes. That is why they always leave loopholes.

[Ken H]

Won't the Solicitor General have a problem arguing that CFR is unconstitutional if the President signed it?

[mdwakeup]

If Bush asked any Supreme Court justice what he or she thought about CFR, that justice would have to recuse himself or herself from any Supreme Court action dealing with the bill. That's Legal Ethics 101, friend.

[RJayneJ]

Lawyers get paid for finding loopholes.

And politicians get paid by selling loopholes.