On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, Some Guy wrote:
The creed that I have come to live by concerning the difference between constitution and statue is as such: The constitution is designed to limit government. The statutes are designed to limit the people.
This may be your creed, Paul, but it has no basis in law. The constitution now includes all kinds of ammendments that limit people, such as requiring that hog farms cover their hog waste ponds. Statutes apply to the government as well as people. I can't think of a state example, but nationally, the FISA statue requires Bush and the NSA to get a warrant before wiretapping.
As we learned from Watergate "nobody is above the law." Or the constitution(s).
Evan