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Originally Posted by mburbank
My question to you was, are you aware of any serious legal scholars arguing that bypassing FISA if the President says it's okay is legal.
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Not that I'm aware of, although it does have it's supporters. Ann Coulter is probably fine with it, and she's a lawyer.
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I honestly haven't seen anyone who writes about the law (as opposed to just writting bout political stuff) say this argument holds any water at all.
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Sure, but the argument has almost been stifled a bit by the political apathy surrounding it, which i guess was sort of my previous point. I think if the public was more concerned, you'd see more experts speaking out.
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It's only 'debatable' in that congress controls what will and will not be debated.
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Which is what makes this nomination really ballsy by the prez, IMO. It will specifically come up now during nomination, so hopefully the issue will be brought up again.