Credit Where It's Due

Via DM News:

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has introduced a bipartisan amendment that reaffirms that both federal law and the Constitution protect sealed domestic mail from being searched.

The amendment comes after a signing statement from the White House issued in conjunction with the signing of the Collins-Carper postal reform legislation.

"The president's spokesman has explained that the signing statement was not intended to change the scope of the law," Sen. Collins said in a statement. "But the statement caused confusion and concern about the president's commitment to abide by the basic privacy protections afforded sealed domestic mail.

"Given this unfortunate perception, I wish to be very clear as the author of the postal reform legislation. Nothing in the Postal Reform Act, or in the president's signing statement, alters in any way the privacy and civil liberty protections provided to a person who sends or receives sealed mail," she said.

Good for her.

That said, do I have trouble letting Collins get away with characterizing the President's lawlessness as an "unfortunate perception"?

Yes, I do.