And I don't doubt for a minute the Feds will continue to appeal, and that a final outcome on the case won't see the light of day until well after shrub has retired to the $50,000 a pop lecture circuit.

Still, it is nice to see a judge come out against it (as if it's happened before, I've never seen it).

They worked long and hard to come up with the title and they worked long and hard to write the legislation -- probably longer than the time between September 11, 2001, and enactment of the Act. Neoconservatives had been wanting this sort of thing for a long time. 9/11, like "a new Pearl Harbor," was the perfect excuse to enact it. They benefited greatly from 9/11. They were in the positions to prevent 9/11. They told us who did it, then they first refused to investigate, then performed a bullshit investigation, ignored any evidence that didn't support their story, and told us the same story again. Most Americans are satisfied with this situation.