Source 1: Background Information
Carroll, Lauren, and Kirby Wilson. Fact-checking the NSA phone records program. Tampa Bay Times, 2015. Web. 17 Sept. 2015. President Barack Obama signed a law that notably looks back on September eleventh, the law that he signed was permission to allow the National Security Agencies to collect phone records.
The ones who oppose the Patriot Act said that the NSA massive record collection is a direct violation of one person’s privacy and the Fourth Amendment, which bars warrantless search and seizure. However, they argue that the program was a pivotal to national security and was unfairly criticized.
The law changes how phone records are kept, giving them to telecom companies. If the government …show more content…
Reason being is because the liberals Warren Court of 1960s had concepts such as “penumbras” words not directly used in the Constitution to override state laws that are protected traditional moral precepts or valid law …show more content…
Bush term, but wided without limit under Barack Obama, conservatives have see a threat of massive surveillance state. The House conservatives have included themselves in the disagreement. An amendment to end the NSA’s intrusive Internet and phone data collection programs sponsored by Rep. Justin Amash was narrowly shut down after leadership stepped in to vote it down. And just previously, Rep. MArsha Blackburn, a Tea Party favorite, recommenced a series of briefings expressing on the expansion of threats to privacy and the collection of personal data. Some of the same lawmakers who helped guide in the surveillance state, the co-author of the Patriot Act, Rep Jim Sensenbrenner has also started pushing back with their own legislation.With the impropriety-plagued IRS mucking around in our health care decisions and Edward Snowden’s disclosure about the NSA prying into our “private” communications, the constitutional stakes are raised much higher. The NSA occurrence has absolutely stimulated new thinking, but more needs to be done. Conservatives must begin to inspect the core between tech companies and the federal government. There is no longer a wall between the private homes and the government