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Re:NSA E-Mail Eavesdropping by betterunix on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @09:29AM (#5977602)
"Why do we keep talking about the legality of what is being done?"

Probably because of the widespread belief that laws are handed down from the heavens. The idea that the law could be wrong is nearly heresy.

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Re:NSA E-Mail Eavesdropping by sneak on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @10:32AM (#5978009)
Not at all. Laws are frequently struck down by courts for being unconstitutional, sometimes after many years of being in force.
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Re:NSA E-Mail Eavesdropping by betterunix on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @10:59AM (#5978188)
Laws are struck down, but we do not frequently free people who were convicted of violating them, nor do we frequently repay fines, nor do we compensate people for the damage done by bad laws.
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Re:NSA E-Mail Eavesdropping by hawleyal on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @03:06PM (#5980049)
IANAL, but most legal systems hold people liable for the law at the time in question, not the law right now.
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