Like the executive and legislative branches of government, the judiciary is an active opponent of basic constitutional rights and liberties in the United States. Even when judges recognize the dangers posed by government action, they rarely act to stop it.
From Reuters:
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| From Texaswatch.org |
The U.S.
government's collection of massive amounts of data about telephone
calls, a program revealed in June after leaks by former National
Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, is likely unlawful, a judge
ruled on Monday.
U.S. District Judge
Richard Leon stayed his own ruling pending an expected appeal by the
government, but in a significant challenge to U.S. spying authority, he
wrote that the program likely violated Americans' right to be free of
unreasonable searches.
"I
cannot imagine a more 'indiscriminate' and 'arbitrary invasion' than
this systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data
on virtually every single citizen," Leon wrote, citing earlier court
precedent.
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