It specifies a warrant, and the warrant has to be specific in what you are looking for (in this case what types of conversations) and the locations being searched (what phone number or IP address you will be spying on).
Read the text of the amendment before you try and argue this anymore please, and read the 10th amendment so you can see how it would limit governments abilities without an actual amendment. BTW there is no law higher than the constitution in the US. That's it. The root of all federal law in this country. > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:27 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: [politics] nobody else seems to be concerned > > I'm sorry, so what exactly does the thing say? > > Are you prepared to take into account all items that carry > the equal weight of the constitution in the country? > > What about all the treaties the US has signed? > > The 4th amendment is interesting, it claims that there shall > be no unreasonable search and seizure, but would congress > passing a law allowing it, and the President signing it make > it reasonable? > > I can't remember the exact numbers for the votes, but it > passed pretty easily. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:19 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: [politics] nobody else seems to be concerned > > > > yeah, I heard that too. > > > > > > On 12/21/05, Tim Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Yeah, I might have read about something like that once. > > > > > > But then again the constitution is just a "god damned > piece of paper" > > > right? > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:189172 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
