So what will Obama do?
In any event, this week a federal judge in one of the surveillance cases declared Bush’s surveillance scheme unlawful, a ruling that places Barack Obama and his Justice Department in an interesting position.
Do they let the ruling stand? Doing so would be consistent with Obama’s campaign position, which mirrored that of the judge.
Or do they appeal the ruling, thereby exposing, once again, the rank hypocrisy of the Obama administration?
Of course, all this is occurring in the context of a civil suit. The question with respect to the criminal-justice system is: Why isn’t the Justice Department securing federal grand-jury indictments against federal officials who, everyone concedes, violated federal criminal statutes? </em>
Indeed.
