The Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings on Michael Mukasey's nomination for attorney general demonstrated he cannot be relied upon to function as an independent leader at the Department of Justice.  Mukasey claims he doesn't know what water boarding is, so he can't say if it…

Congress put its stamp of approval on the unconstitutional wiretapping of Americans by amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in the "Protect America Act of 2007."  The new law takes the power to authorize electronic surveillance out of the hands of a judge and places it in…