I'm not a lawyer, but since this was posted by one, I'm curious about what the lbo-talk legal contingent thinks of this ruling. From what I read, the above summary is not at all correct; what they ruled was that it was lawful to do, because Congress passed a law supporting this kind of behavior. They didn't seem to make any kind of statement about whether they thought it was a good idea or not: they just said, in plain language I might add, that this is exactly covered by a law.
They seemed to liken it to someone asking whether it was okay to give tickets for speeding, and well, yes, it's against the law to speed, so sure!
Discuss.
^^^^^^ CB: The Constitution is a higher law than statutes passed by Congress. They should have said the Congressional statute is unconstitutional and struck it down