america in freefall

will congress continue to sit idly by while the president illegally expands his power or will they finally move to impeach the bastard for his illegal and unconstitutional abuse of power?

even if you feel impeachment is too far, certainly you can't believe that this expanded invasion of privacy (any threat of invasion of anyone's privacy is an actual invasion of your privacy) is a good thing. certainly you can't believe that the president should be able to give himself new powers when signing a bill into law, especially when that bill does not give him such powers.

it's like this congress has to make laws that specifically lay out what the president can and cannot do, and then add statements that require him to follow the law as written, and not modify it with a "signing statement". it's incredible how he has given himself new and expanded powers just by adding a few words to his signature. the republicans made no move to curtail or criticise this. will a democrat majority have the spine, the principles, the fucking decency to do what is right?

i doubt it.