Carter appointee tries to hobble America

Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, who campaigned for and was appointed by Jimmy Carter, our nation's worst president, ruled today that the Terrorist Surveillance Program is unconstitutional. Fortunately, Judge Taylor is only one member of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Power Line brainiacs say that the ruling should be overturned on appeal to the full circuit court. There's lots that can be said about this. "Here go the Lefties again, trying to run the country via the Judicial branch." Or "what they can't get through the ballot box, they'll go shop a judge for." (Check out Red State: "Like A Parody of Bad Judging. But With Potentially Tragic Consequences.")

If Republicans have merely half a brain, they'll remind America that it was this program that helped foil the plane-bombing operation just a few days ago. Hope springs eternal.