Two Groups File Domestic Spying Lawsuits

An anonymous reader writes "The Center for Constitutional Rights and the ACLU both recently filed lawsuits, in New York and Detroit respectively, claiming that President Bush's electronic eavsdropping program is illegal and exceeds his constitutional powers. From the article: 'The Detroit [ACLU] lawsuit, which names the National Security Agency and its director, said the program has impaired plaintiffs' ability to gather information from sources abroad as they try to locate witnesses, represent clients, do research or engage in advocacy.'

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Re:Why I Love the ACLU

[Aneurysm9]

The ACLU very much supports the right to freely exercise one's religion. You must be careful not to conflate the Establishment Clause with the Free Exercise Clause. Just because the ACLU advocates on the one hand that the government cannot coerce religious speach or give its imprimatur to religious expression does not mean that they do not support your right to freely exercise your religion, even on government property. You have the right to use every pulic forum for private religious exercise. You do not have the right to have the government create a semi-private forum solely for your private religious exercise.

As for the latest talking point about physical searches during the Clinton administration, remember that was before FISA required warrants for physical searches. That provision was not inserted until the PATRIOT Act. I'm not saying Clinton was entirely without fault, but attempting to smear him certainly does not clear Bush.

If you think that there are only around 36 phone calls that were tapped you're seriously deluded. We're talking around 500 "individuals" monitored per day. Even if each of those persons only made one phone call that's more than 500,000 calls that have been monitored. Stop drinking the kool aid and start thinking for yourself. This administration is destroying this country. Don't help them do it.