California Legislation Affirms Privacy Rights Against NSA Spying Methods

New submitter amxcoder writes: "A recent bill making its way through the California state legislature reaffirms 4th amendment protections against NSA-style wiretapping of cell phones and computer records, and declares that the NSA's data collection methods and practices are unconstitutional. The bill has passed the California Senate with only a single opposing vote. It would require a warrant to be issued by a Judge before the state's law enforcement and other departments can assist federal agencies in obtaining these records. Similar bills in other states are trickling through the legislative process, but California's is the furthest along. At the least, it will establish that a state of 38 million people are unhappy with the NSA's methods."

Comments

So...

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Who's up for 24/7 full documentation of the every move, utterance, and action, of the asshole who voted against it?

Silly law

[Anonymous Coward]

The DOJ will simply take the State of California to court. CA will lose.

NSA is a Federal Agency

[CrimsonAvenger]

...and California, much as it likes to think it's a country unto itself, has NO jurisdiction over the NSA, over their methods, even over their agents (when acting in an official capacity and all those other qualifiers)

If it makes the CA legislature feel good about themselves to do this, great! But it means about as much as the lot of them threatening to hold their breath till the NSA stops spying...

Re:NSA is a Federal Agency

[mspohr]

This applies to California State law enforcement. California certainly does have jurisdiction over their own employees.
It requires a court order signed by a judge before California state employees assist the Feds. This is something that Federal law and NSA skirt around. In California, it should slow them down.