On Friday July 7, the federal court of appeals ruled in favor of the Bush administration on the issue of warrantless wiretaps. In a 2-1 victory, the two judges of the three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit of the Court of Appeals ordered that the plaintiff drop the lawsuit on the wiretappings of the government right after the 9/11 attacks. However, the court did not rule on that the spying was constitutional. Instead, they ruled that since the American Civil Liberties Union and the others who brought up the case were not direct targets, they had no right to accuse. Because of this, the Bush administration can continue to violate the Foreign Intelligence Act adopted 30 years ago to prevent unchecked surveillance.
The principal remaining court case against Bush and the National Security Agency will be a group of cases before the U.S. District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in California. These cases will be heard on August 15th.
It is ridiculous to say that the action is unconstitutional but allow it because the plaintiff was not the one who was harmed. It's like having all other possible evidence to incriminate a person isn't enough. The court also needs to have the victim. If you think about it, the a victim in a murder case can't confirm that the alleged was indeed the killer. If they can't speak, does that also mean the killer can get away with it? The law should be interpreted by he did it/she did it, not by he did it to that person and we know because the victim can tell us so. It's very unjust to give the government the right to violate its own rules whenever it feels like it, but force the citizens to follow whatever they pass. I think you all agree, this is very hypocritcal... Everybody should have to right to accuse anybody if they have substantial evidence that the other is/was committing illegal activities. The accused still has the right to see the accuser, so I don't see anything unconstitutional with convicting the government for illegal activities.
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i believe that even if there is a need for a wiretap, it should not be allowed. this is because everyone has the right to privacy and that would be defying the bill of rights which is what our country is supposed to be based on.
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