Impeach is Not a New Kind of Fruit

I wish I were too busy nursing my injuries and hangovers to stop paying attention to the world. If I were, then I might have missed the fact that Shrub got up and told the world that he ordered the NSA to spy on Americans. I might have missed him spewing about his constitutional powers. I might have missed him, on live TV no less, telling the US people that he committed a felony.

So now I have to do a little reading, maybe listen to Democracy Now!, you know educate myself. My limited understanding of FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) comes mostly from various untrustworthy sources like my memory and the internet. Basically, the govt. (including NSA and other) used to listen in on all sorts of domestic traffic. Richard "I'm not a crook" Nixon claimed he didn't need the courts to surveil people, but that was struck down. FISA basically established itself (in '78) as the only law governing domestic espionage. FISA requires the govt. go to the court for a warrant to tap phones etc. It can take as little as 5 minutes to get a warrant. FISA also allows you to get a warrant after you tap just in case you don't have 5 minutes to spare. How hard is that? Finally, FISA makes it a felony to violate those (very relaxed) provisions. It doesn't mention anything about the President not having to follow the law.

Hence, when Shrub says he didn't go to the court he is admitting to felony actions. I guess I'm of the opinion that the Constitution, where it mentions "high crimes and misdemeanors" in Article II, section 4, is basically providing a way for us to get rid of monkey boy.