NSA surveillance may be legal – but it’s unconstitutional

Re:NSA surveillance may be legal – but it’s unconstitutional by alexqgb on Saturday June 22, 2013 @02:23PM (#5924629)

There's also a big difference between new law - which can be batshit insane - and settled law, which has both passed constitutional muster and become widely accepted. Trying to reconcile "consent of the governed" with "secret law" goes in the opposite direction.

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Re:NSA surveillance may be legal – but it’s unconstitutional by aclevernickname on Saturday June 22, 2013 @04:29PM (#5925046)

I thought NSPD-51 solved all of that, putting the Executive Branch above the constitution, so it's actions didn't have to pass muster.

I wish I was kidding:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Presidential_...

http://www.marjoriecohn.com/2007/05/unitary-king-george.html

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