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Man, the state, and surveillance

Asking the wrong authority.

NSA ears 3We’ve now had federal judges come down two different ways on the question of NSA surveillance of U.S. citizens.  In the most recent rulings, Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said on 16 December that most of NSA’s surveillance program violates the Fourth Amendment; William H. Pauley III of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on Friday that the bulk of NSA’s program is lawful. Continue reading “Man, the state, and surveillance”

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Author theoptimisticconservativePosted on December 28, 2013Categories American liberty, Civil Rights, Contitutionalism, Government, Information, Jurisprudence, Law, Political commentary, Political Philosophy, RegulationTags American liberty, American political philosophy, Big government, Bill of Rights, Fourth amendment, Government policy, Information technology, Judge Richard J, Judge William H. Pauley III, Judicial rulings, Jurisprudence, Leon, Man and the state, NSA, NSA metadata collection, NSA surveillance, Phone records, Political philosophy, Probable cause, Regulation, US Constitution3 Comments on Man, the state, and surveillance

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