Bush: Your Mother Wonders Why You Don’t Write More

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The presidential signing statement strikes again. Congress passes a law that expressly forbids the government from searching Americans’ mail without a court’s approval, and Bush reacts by quietly nixing it.

Don’t worry, Bush says the government will only intercept your mail under “exigent circumstances.”

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