[IP] more on query A question of unlimited powers
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From: h_bray@xxxxxxxxx
Date: January 13, 2006 4:39:26 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] query A question of unlimited powers
Seems like kind of a moot point, dunnit? Quartering of troops is not an
issue likely to arise in this war. Habeas corpus suspension might be
more
on point.
Mind you, I don't think Bush is claiming the right to set aside the 4th
Amendment, at least no more than other presidents have. For
instance, the
US Echelon program, well publicized during the Clinton years, has long
intercepted millions of phone calls by Americans to points overseas.
Perhaps Echelon should not have been permitted. But fact is, this
sort of
thing has gone on for at least a couple of decades, long before W
came to
town. Perhaps the fact that Americans haven't batted an eye about
Echelon
was one reason he figured the controversial NSA program was no biggie.
Hiawatha Bray
David Farber
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From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: January 13, 2006 4:04:21 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: ip <ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jsq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] A question of unlimited powers
On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 15:46 -0500, David Farber wrote:
If the president can do whatever he likes during what he declares to
be wartime, which will last until he decides to say it doesn't,
what's the point in having a congress, courts, or a constitution?
I'd just like someone in the press corps to ask this simple question
(not mine, someone posted it on volokh.com):
If the President can suspend the 4th Amendment search and seizure clause
in the name of national security, can he likewise suspend the 3rd
amendment prohibition on quartering soldiers in homes?
Lee
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