Some readers are objecting that my column on the Dems newfound love of dead constitutions doesn’t criticize Bush for being a hypocrite too. After all, they say, he’s embracing a living constitution now. I don’t really see it that way. From my understanding Bush sees the NSA thing as part of his inherent war powers as Commander-in-Chief with precedents going pretty far back. He may be wrong, but I don’t really see it as a living constitution argument. Still, it’s probably a fair enough complaint that I should have addressed it head-on.