I'm not saying everything ends up being like the Patriot Act, but sometimes they do and once they get enacted they like hanging on way past their due date --sometimes they don't even sunset at all.
Re:Covid-19’s impact on Tor
by hannasanarion on Saturday April 18, 2020 @11:45PM
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And what makes you think that the current scenario is an example? You think the government likes having a near-complete cessation of tax revenue?
Part of it is that I expect that the ACLU doesn't really want to take on cases that are simply going to be moot once the state of emergency ends. I expect that their ears will perk up a little more about things that don't go back to "normal" once everything is done with.
And part of it is probably not wanting court cases to actually go through the courts unless they are sure they can win. If you send a case through to the Supreme Court right now, you may lose and set a really bad precedent.
The ACLU is likely better off fighting by lobbying and getting laws passed rather than using the courts right now.