The Plaintiff's Bar's Lap Donkeys

clipped from www.powerlineblog.com In my view, the President's inherent constitutional powers allow him to direct intelligence agencies to intercept international terrorist communications, with or without FISA. The real problem, I suspect--and the sticking point between the House and the Senate--is that the Senate bill provided immunity for telecom companies that cooperate with intelligence agencies. The agencies need this cooperation to intercept terrorist communications, and, while the Constitution empowers the President to direct the intelligence agencies, it doesn't give him the authority to commandeer the resources of telecom companies. If this seems nuts, it is; but it is the world we live in, and the world that Nancy Pelosi is determined to preserve for her contributors in the plaintiffs' bar.