An analysis of the Bush Administration's Defense of Warrantless Wiretaps
An analysis of the Bush Administration's defense of warrantless wiretaps.
It contains a reminder of something we all learned in Government/Civics class but tend to forget: the 4th Amendment's "right" to privacy was created precisely to protect us from unreasonable searches by the military — so Bush's claim that he is afforded the power to conduct warrantless searches under the mantle of "Commander-in-Chief in a time of war" is particularly specious. More evidence that Original Intent is nowadays less a coherent legal philosophy than a code-word of the Religious Right.
Posted by coughlin at 1:26 PM