W, You Got Some 'Spaning To Do.

All legistlative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Clear, concise, perhaps even terse, if you will. Article I of the Constitution is a thing of beauty in it's sparse simplicity. The Congress makes the laws.

When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers.

So how does the President get to add an addendum?