Law.com - ABA Denounces Warrantless Domestic Spying Program

Law.com - ABA Denounces Warrantless Domestic Spying Program

This is a follow-up to a previous post.

"The American Bar Association denounced President Bush's warrantless domestic surveillance program Monday, accusing him of exceeding his powers under the Constitution. The nation's largest organization of lawyers adopted a policy opposing any future government use of electronic surveillance in the United States for foreign intelligence purposes without first obtaining warrants from a special court set up under the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The 400,000-member ABA said that if the president believes the FISA is inadequate to protect Americans, he should ask Congress to amend the act."

Should we send the ABA a thank you note for acknowledging what we knew was written in the US Constitution? I am glad they have spoken out, but there are still lawyers speaking out in favor of Bush having the powers to exceed FISA and the Bill of Rights. Are the law schools skipping over Constitutional Law as a foundation course?