Progressive Minds

You might recall that when Judge Anna Diggs Taylor of Michigan ruled that Bushie's warrantles domestic spying program was illegal and unconstitutional, the New York Times declared in an editorial that Judge Talyor "reasserted the rule of law over a lawless administration." (http://progressiveminds.bloghi.com/2006/08/17/reasserting-the-rule-of-law-over-lawless-administration.html)

Thankfully, Judge Taylor is no longer alone.

Another judge has essentially declared to George Bush that he is not judge and jury.

U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins of Los Angeles struck down part of a Bush anti-terrorism law that deals with freezing of terrorist assests, because the current law that is in place, buts no limits on the President's power to put people on that list.  In other words, no President should have blind, unlimited authority to put people on some type of list, without any checks and balances.

David Cole of the Center for Constitutional Rights commented that "The court's decision confirms that even in fighting terror, unchecked executive authority and trampling on fundamental freedoms is not a permissible option."

Judge strikes down part of Bush anti-terror order