1.04.2007

DOOFUS wants to read your snail.

The presidential signing statement strikes again. Congress passes a law that expressly forbids the government from searching Americans' mail without a court's approval, and Bush reacts by quietly nixing it.

Don't worry, Bush says the government will only intercept your mail under "exigent circumstances."
(Paul Kiel at TPM Muckraker.com)

And Roberts thinks his pay is a "constitutional crisis"?
Amendment IV - Search and Seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

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