The next round in "Bush vs the Constitution"

President's Statement on H.R. 199, the "USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005"

(Thanks to The Carpetbagger Report for pointing this out)

According to this official statement on the White House's web site, Bush gladly signed the new Patriot Act into law. However, he also claims that, basically, he doesn't have to follow the parts he doesn't like (the reporting and accountability components), claiming, basically, executive privledge. He doesn't have to follow the parts that he deems to interfere with his constitutional duties.

Was he talking to the same lawyers who told him he could ignore FISA when he chose to?

Actually, maybe this is a good thing. If Bush is claiming that some aspects of the law are constitutionally unenforcable, maybe it's time for a challenge to it in the Supreme Court. Then, either the president loses, and he has to follow the whole law, or he wins, and the law is struck down as unconstitutional.
Hmm. That has potential. ;)