Posted on 02/13/2014 9:40:01 AM PST by Baynative
SALT LAKE CITY, February 12, 2014–Can Utah shut down the new NSA data center by turning off the water? A new bill introduced by state Rep. Marc Roberts seeks to do just that.
The legislation drafted by a transpartisan coalition organized by the Tenth Amendment Center (TAC) and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) called OffNow Coalition. The Utah Fourth Amendment Protection Act would expressly prohibit state material support, participation, and assistance to any federal agency that collects electronic date or metadata without a search warrant “that particularly desribes the person, place and thing to be searched or seized.”
“Without question, the mass surveillance and data collection by the Utah Data Center is a delicate and important matter,” Roberts said. “But for me, the language of the Fourth Amendment is clear. It simply protects us against unreasonable and unwarranted searches or seizures of our persons, private residencies and property, documents and information and personal and private belongings. This legislation preserves those rights to the people.”
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Ping.
I’m 100% States Rights. The 9th and 10th amendment are completely violated by DC.
cwii - the states vs fedgov.
may i be the first to say down with fedgov, and up with a limited, smaller, constitutional federal government.
Good for Utah.
The list, Ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
“May i be the first...” - SAM
Nope - There are many before you, and many that agree with you entirely right now and welcome your company. - But you can’t be the first.
;-)
I imagine that the data center is self contained like a nuclear sub and can last a long time without refueling.
The federal government doesn’t believe in states rights. They killed them years ago.
Yeah, if we had a Constitution that said that. Oh, wait, we do. Just everyone ignores it.
The sub, yes. The crew, not so much.
Only Commies ignore and denigrate our Constitution.
Good news!
“transpartisan” - that’s a new one. “bi-partisan” must be a dirty word.
BUMP!
A few well placed bags of concrete mix down the right man-hole covers will back-up a lot more than data. Punch a few holes in the bags before you drop them down so the moisture gets in and cures the cement.
I thought I read that one of our fine Southern States were doing something similar, but I don’t remember which one.
The sub, yes. The crew, not so much.
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Utah did not pass a law that the employees cannot leave the center.
I’m fine with this step but the good folks of Utah better be gaming out the next moves. What will be Utah’s response, for instance, when Little Stevie Dunham sends Fed forces to re-establish water flow?
We are told however fed courts trump state courts so the feds would reverse it.
It can likely power itself for some time but if Utah cuts off the water it uses to cool the server farms they will not be able to operate. Article says the use 1.7 millions gallons of water per day and thats a lot of water trucks if Utah turns off the spigot.
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