4th Amendment Flushed
Here is another thing I am not happy with the Bush Administration over: Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts.
I am not happy, not happy at all. This should not be happening in America. I can understand being spied on by the NSA, that's their job. But to do so without judicial oversight is just plain wrong. This needs to be rescinded or abolished RIGHT NOW and President Bush admonished for this. I can understand the want and need to monitor emails and phone calls, but within the scope of the Constitution, please.
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Citizens raise your voices and be heard. We formed the Government and no President can ignore the limits we have placed on his power. A President who ignores the Constitution threatens to become a tyrant.
We are a nation of law. Our law is clear. The 4th Am. of the Constitution established:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The President does not have the authority to make a secret exception to the U.S. Constitution. Citizens must demand that the President respect the Constitution.
That so called libertarian bloggers like Instapundit have ignored this blatant abuse of power is bad enough, but some hardrights are ready to give up their American birthright to protection from arbitrary and limited government.
Powerline goes to far as to declare:
"It's absurd to expect the government to wait for a warrant when it has reason to believe that a phone call it needs to hear for vital security reasons will take place any minute. The only sensible approach in such a case is to monitor the call and then advise the special intelligence court of its action."
Thank you for affirming my belief that true conservatives know better.
Posted by: Scott | December 17, 2005 11:59 AM