Bush's "blacklists" squelched

do ya suppose the recent elections provided some much needed support to the other two marginalized branches of government...?

A federal judge struck down President Bush's authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutionally vague, according to a ruling released Tuesday.

The Humanitarian Law Project had challenged Bush's order, which blocked all the assets of groups or individuals he named as "specially designated global terrorists" after the 2001 terrorist attacks.

"This law gave the president unfettered authority to create blacklists," said David Cole, a lawyer for the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Constitutional Rights that represented the group. "It was reminiscent of the McCarthy era."

well, of course they did... no one who has conscious brain cells operating can fail to see how the mid-term elections have emboldened both congress and the courts... both institutions have been under relentless attack for almost six years... i welcome any and all forward movement by both in facing down the flagrant constitutional violations that have become part and parcel of the bush administration... keep it up, cuz it's about to get a lot worse...

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