|
|
Comment IPS Features |
|
|
|
The fourth Amendment to our national Constitution states: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. The most ludicrous defense of the Bush Administration's violation of this amendment is the argument that "if you have nothing to hide, then it shouldn't matter that you are being spied on." Anyone who believes that, either doesn't understand the US Constitution, or has chosen not to respect it. That document, the highest law of our land, has never existed primarily for the protection of the provably guilty, but for the protection of the innocent. The presumption of innocence is our right as citizens; and our legal protections against unwarranted search or surveillance are not subject to the whim of any "executive order." So much for the notion that I've been merely paranoid, huh? We do have a problem.
|