Oh I do blame the ones who wrote it. The entire point here, which you are apperently missing is the guy in the top spot is supposed to be the guy in at least some theoretical control of the government. Obama has presided over the arguably largest decline in civil liberties in United States History, or at very least second largest. The democrats also control the senate and should have been able to strip all the asenine provisions out in committe. The provision allowing the United states President to deply U.S. troops to the United States in a combat deployment stance without declaration of martial law, which survived the passage of the bill intact is a huge potentially problematic legal precident. Tell you what, I'll go take that civics class, but why don't you go take a few history lessons at the same time here...