That was passed or made possible under the current administration.This would be citizens rights.
2006-09-10 01:28:21 · 11 answers · asked by Tommy G. 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
FISA act=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act
2006-09-10 01:46:12 · update #1
Detainees are not citizens.
2006-09-10 01:47:16 · update #2
no, it is a scare tactic used by the lying left to get votes!!!!
2006-09-10 02:59:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. The government has been "tapping" (listening) to phone calls to and from US citizens - the "Warrantless Wiretapping" program. This is clearly a violation of the Fourth Amendment, the FISA Act, and therefore the Separation of Powers clause of the Constitution. The Congress and the Supreme Court have both interpreted the Fourth Amendment to require warrants for listening to the communications of US persons - that's why the FISA Act was passed, to create a structure for the government to go get the warrants, even if their retroactive warrants. So the government doesn't even have to wait for the warrants, it can ttap now and get warrants later. But no, in its arrogance it broke the law anyway.
Habeus Corpus has been suspended on detainees.
2006-09-10 08:43:11 · answer #2 · answered by Charles D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Warrantless wiretapping of American citizens? Access to private email and correspondence? Airport strip searches of little old ladies? Pat downs at subway stations? Loss of property such as pen knives, bottled water, and sun tan lotion at airport checkins (wonder how many millions of dollars of consumer's money is lost at these checkpoints?) Seems like the only ones who are not affected by the war on terrorism are the illegal aliens flooding our borders and the people shipping God knows what into the US in shipping containers. Oh yes, Bin laden doesn't seem to have been affected either. How bout them apples, junior?
2006-09-10 08:59:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just 45 days after the September 11 attacks, with virtually no debate, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act. There are significant flaws in the Patriot Act, flaws that threaten your fundamental freedoms by giving the government the power to access to your medical records, tax records, information about the books you buy or borrow without probable cause, and the power to break into your home and conduct secret searches without telling you for weeks, months, or indefinitely.
2006-09-10 08:36:23 · answer #4 · answered by GJ 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Habeas Corpus.
2006-09-10 08:34:24 · answer #5 · answered by mahgri 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not technically. However, people have become accustomed to a level of privacy, but that is not a guaranteed civil right.
2006-09-10 08:37:37 · answer #6 · answered by mumbles_75 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
No, none come to mind. Not for citizens rights.
2006-09-10 08:37:35 · answer #7 · answered by Bawney 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Um...the right to a trial?
2006-09-10 10:45:39 · answer #8 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope sorry, nothing that hasnt made me feeling safer, because I dont have anything to hide from the world...if it makes us safer from nuts that want genocide the world then I could live with any minor inconvience for the protection of my family....
2006-09-10 08:31:42 · answer #9 · answered by lost&confused 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
There haven't been any. This is verifiable by the amount of liberal whining.
2006-09-10 08:30:48 · answer #10 · answered by Colorado 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋