The expected face-off between the Supreme Court and the
president over National Security Agency surveillance is like a
mismatched prize fight. In one corner, a chief executive, clad
in a flight suit, surrounded by Secret Service agents with itchy
trigger fingers. In the other corner, nine nebbish lawyers (or
five, if you assume, as I don't, that Justices Scalia, Thomas,
Roberts, and Alito are knee-jerk Bush yes-men).  It's a match
the Supreme Court seems doomed to lose. Yes, the NSA's domestic
surveillance program violates the law. But when confronting a
damn-the-torpedoes president, the Court needs muscle to enforce
its will. Imagine if President Bush balks at a Court order to
axe the NSA program. If our feckless Congress doesn't impeach,
the Court is helpless—and its authority over the president
irreparably damaged.  What's the Court to do? Allow me to float
a modest proposal, inspired by the sweet science: the "rope-a-
dope."  "Rope-a-dope," for non-boxing fans, was the key to
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