Congress has created a monster that is coming for us
Mar 9, 2017 17:21:11 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Mar 9, 2017 17:21:11 GMT -5
Spies among us -- Congress has created a monster that is coming for us
By Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, Published March 09, 2017
Those of us who believe that the Constitution means what it says have been arguing since the late 1970s that congressional efforts to strengthen national security by weakening personal liberty are unconstitutional, un-American and ineffective.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which Congress passed in the aftermath of President Richard Nixon’s use of the CIA and the FBI to spy on his political opponents, has unleashed demons that now seem beyond the government’s control and are more pervasive than anything Nixon could have dreamed of.
This realization came to a boiling point last weekend when President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of monitoring his telephone calls during the 2016 presidential election campaign. Can a U.S. president legally spy on a political opponent or any other person in America without any suspicion, probable cause or warrant from a judge? In a word, yes.
www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/03/09/andrew-napolitano-spies-among-us-congress-has-created-monster-that-is-coming-for-us.html
By Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, Published March 09, 2017
Those of us who believe that the Constitution means what it says have been arguing since the late 1970s that congressional efforts to strengthen national security by weakening personal liberty are unconstitutional, un-American and ineffective.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which Congress passed in the aftermath of President Richard Nixon’s use of the CIA and the FBI to spy on his political opponents, has unleashed demons that now seem beyond the government’s control and are more pervasive than anything Nixon could have dreamed of.
This realization came to a boiling point last weekend when President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of monitoring his telephone calls during the 2016 presidential election campaign. Can a U.S. president legally spy on a political opponent or any other person in America without any suspicion, probable cause or warrant from a judge? In a word, yes.
www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/03/09/andrew-napolitano-spies-among-us-congress-has-created-monster-that-is-coming-for-us.html
Judge’s Doublespeak: It’s Unconstitutional, but Lawful, for President to Order Wiretap without Warrant
Tim Brown, March 8, 2017
I’m not really surprised by what was said by Judge Andrew Napolitano on Fox and Friends on Tuesday. He claims that a president can order a wiretap, like the one Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Sobarkah is being accused of doing to Donald Trump and his advisers prior to the election in 2016. He claims it is unconstitutional, but lawful because Congress said it was.
In commenting on the allegations against Obama by Trump, Judge Napolitano said, “The president of the United States on his own may conduct surveillance or order surveillance of any person in the United States upon the filing of a certification with the attorney general.”
“So, the idea that it was illegal for Barack Obama to listen to the phone calls and in person conversations of Donald Trump is wrong, in my view,” he added. “It was immoral and profoundly unconstitutional and utterly wrong, but it’s lawful because Congress has said it is lawful.”
thewashingtonstandard.com/judges-doublespeak-unconstitutional-lawful-president-order-wiretap-without-warrant/
Tim Brown, March 8, 2017
I’m not really surprised by what was said by Judge Andrew Napolitano on Fox and Friends on Tuesday. He claims that a president can order a wiretap, like the one Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Sobarkah is being accused of doing to Donald Trump and his advisers prior to the election in 2016. He claims it is unconstitutional, but lawful because Congress said it was.
In commenting on the allegations against Obama by Trump, Judge Napolitano said, “The president of the United States on his own may conduct surveillance or order surveillance of any person in the United States upon the filing of a certification with the attorney general.”
“So, the idea that it was illegal for Barack Obama to listen to the phone calls and in person conversations of Donald Trump is wrong, in my view,” he added. “It was immoral and profoundly unconstitutional and utterly wrong, but it’s lawful because Congress has said it is lawful.”
thewashingtonstandard.com/judges-doublespeak-unconstitutional-lawful-president-order-wiretap-without-warrant/