We're in deep trouble, America

Judge Richard Posner of the 7th Circuit has just published an Op-Ed piece in the WaPo that couches Bush's illegal acts in euphemisms while recommending changes in national security surveillance laws.

Marty Lederman in Balkinization rightly points out the flaws in this presentation: Your Honor, the laws on the books are not sufficient for my client's purposes. Until they're fixed, let's just give him a pass, 'kay? Thanks.

This kind of debate is fiddling while Rome burns.