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White House Wins On Spying, Telecom Immunity

Posted by kdawson on from the running-scared-of-being-called-soft-on-terrism dept.

EllisDees sends in a Washington Post report that Senate Republicans have outmaneuvered Democrats, who withdrew a more stringent version of legislation to control the government's domestic surveillance program. The legislation that will go forward includes a grant of legal immunity to telecommunications companies that have assisted the program.

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  1. Re:Bush Win = Constitutional Loss by gardyloo · · Score: 1, Troll

    If it's not in the Constitution, the federal government's not allowed to do it, fancy that. It's been a long time since I studied the Constitution of the United States, but I do NOT read the 10th Amendment as saying that.

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution