Thank The Defenders of the Constitution
Over at Protect America Act, they have taken it upon themselves to recognize the good work of those members of the House of Representatives who voted one week ago against the FISA Amendments Act.
The FISA Amendments Act does not just grant retroactive immunity to giant telecommunications corporations who gave private files containing information about the personal communications of millions of Americans, although that is part of the FISA Amendments Act. The proposed law also gives the Attorney General of the United States, and through him the President, the power to search through Americans’ homes without a search warrant or any proof of suspicion of a crime. The same kind of power is granted for electronic espionage against Americans’ emails and telephone calls as well.
The FISA Amendments Act completely unravels the fourth amendment to the Constitution. It makes protection from unreasonable search and seizure a mere privilege for those that please the government, not an inalienable right.
If the FISA Amendments Act passes, there will be true freedom for the American people will be destroyed, and the accountability to the law for powerful politicians and corporations will be lost.
Thank you to the following members of the House of Representatives for voting against this unwise scheme to sacrifice the Bill of Rights on the altar of Homeland Insecurity.
Congratulations from the UK, we don’t have a constitution to protect us. Co-incidentally just finished watching Enemy of the State again. Sums it all up.
[...] behind 8 out of 12 bills extending equality to gay and lesbian Americans. Abercrombie has been a consistent opponent of the FISA Amendments Act in actions extending back into the 110th [...]