A judge ruled today that the warrantless wiretapping by the government was unconstitutional and ordered them to stop. So my question is this: Why can't the White House just go to the FISA court and get a court order retroactivelly? If they did, they wouldn't have any problems with it being unconstitutional because the courts would have given them permission. If they would have done this in the first place, they wouldn't have had a problem. Are they just too proud to admit that they went about it the wrong way, or is there something going on that they don't want us to know about?
2006-08-17 09:30:33 · 10 answers · asked by bluejacket8j 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
You got it.
Just about everything the administration and the NSA have done, could have been done within the laws. Or they could have tried to get the laws changed to allow them to do what they want. With the same party in control of Congress, it shouldn't have been that difficult.
Bush just doesn't want to acknowledge that he must follow the laws. He believes that the Executive branch should be pre-eminent and outside the scope of either Congressional or judicial review. He's said so, and so has his Attorney General.
Bush just doesn't respect the law enough to follow it. And once again, he got caught breaking it. After the number of times the Supreme Court has had to slap him down for exceeding his constitutional authority, I doubt they'll be very forgiving this time.
2006-08-17 10:08:20 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they have used the wire taps for all sorts of purposes besides hunting down terroists .
THIS is an information grab and a way to get information only available by spying on all americans .
FOR the first time in history people actually are being overheard .I have been party to some very private conversations that might well involve prison terms for some people if they were found out .
LETS just say it is not ok to use hypothetically speaking if i left a suitcase with 4000 dollars in it would my clients case go away .
I learned young people are criminals when it comes to money and the best why to get some is blackmail .
SECRETLY recording lunch and dinner conversations for a few years as a waiter pays for everything today .
IF some of what was talked about and some of the things done really illegal made it to the light of day well i shudder to think what america would say ..
KEEP your friends close and your enemy's closer and if you are willing to do what it takes there is plenty of money to be had .
2006-08-17 09:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by playtoofast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 'issue' is that the lists of numbers called, outside the United States,, that were never protected by our Constitution, are suddenly protected because a Carter appointed Judge has decided it should be.
Lists of phone numbers are not even protected in our 4th amendment, as 'personal papers' privey to the law, no matter if they were of Americans.
It will be overturned at Appeals Court, which is a stain upon this jurist's record. There are few hills upon which one can 'die' before one is removed from the office.
2006-08-17 11:00:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 22:55:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
BOTH! they could get a court order, but they've found a way to tack $$ into the scheme and won't admit their wrong and they'll probably use the info against us in the future. has the government really done anything good for us or just themselves???
2006-08-17 09:41:22 · answer #5 · answered by slingblade 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the real goal is to spy on the entire population, not just suspected terrorists.
2006-08-17 09:39:00 · answer #6 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's about Bush's "reassertion" of executive power over the other branches of govt.
2006-08-17 09:36:28 · answer #7 · answered by Brand X 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they shouldn't be allowed to retroactively do anything! They broke constitutional law, and they should be INVESTIGATED for compromising the liberties of American citizens! They had their chance to do it the correct way, and they chose instead to buck the system, and that 'goddamn piece of paper' we call the constitution!
2006-08-17 09:46:09 · answer #8 · answered by hichefheidi 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
because the courts are full of terrorist protecting damnocrats So what good will that do.
2006-08-17 09:35:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is ALWAYS something going on they don't want you to know about.
2006-08-17 09:36:41 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋