Tuesday, January 24, 2006

a lesson in basic american government

chimpy must have been absent that day:

As per the Fourth (4th) Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, warrants are in addition to reasonableness: "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."

Reasonableness was made the standard and a warrant the procedure to effectuate that standard. The President is not free to disregard either the standard or the procedure. Why would we want him to do so, and what possible technology must remain so secret that the foreign intelligence court can't even be told about it, or about whether or not the results of tainted searches were later made the basis for "legitimate" warrants? I call bullshit. They are just so used to getting whatever they want they figure there is no consequence for destroying long cherished values of privacy and human rights. Enough.

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