NAPOLITANO: Finding a crime for every man (on NSA spying)

The Washington Times ^ | October 2, 2013 | Andrew P. Napolitano

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks jazusamo.

[i_robot73]

Nail. Head.

Of all the complaints from the LBJ crowd, I have yet to hear of anything the GOP/’Conservatives’ have rolled back in the years they’ve had full control of D.C. Has there been an actual REDUCTION of any program/dept./etc.?

IOW, they’re barking up only 1/2 the tree of the problem. Next you’ll know they’ll start blaming the (L) for something or the other /s

[Paine in the Neck]

Such overreaching warrants were called Writs of Assistance back in Revolutionary days. They were a major point of friction between the Boston colonists and the Crown (cf. James Otis, also Townshend Acts). The Fourth Amendment contains these words

... 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.

specifically to prohibit the kind of general fishing expeditions that writs of assistance are. It is yet another piece of the Constitution legal sophists have been able to inactivate.

[quimby]

Stop the war on privacy!

[teeman8r]

fdr served four terms, almost, but wasn’t responsible for changing the terms of service directly. congress, the republicans, changed it to two consecutive terms to prevent another fdr.

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[Girlene]

Thank you for the additional historical information.