Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is out of control.

He recently decided to waive more than 30 different environmental protection laws so he can proceed with a fence along our southwest border. That decision revealed not only his disregard for vulnerable lands and animal habitats but also the extraordinary power that he now wields.

No one should have such power to disregard our laws.

But Congress gave Chertoff that power when it passed the REAL ID act in 2005. That law gives extensive waiving powers to Secretary Chertoff, including the provision that "a cause of action or claim may only be brought alleging a violation of the Constitution of the United States."

Since then, ...

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