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CISPA passed in sneak attack,deletes the 4th Amendment.

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Re: CISPA passed in sneak attack,deletes the 4th Amendment.

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Maybe. But since US doesn't have a Constitutional Court, and only a Supreme Court, it could take a decade or more before the issue is even brought up, and then accepted by the Supreme Court. In that time the government could do a lot of damage with one law, and when the law is threatened to be declared unconstitutional, they'll just argue for how "useful" that law was in catching criminals, terrorists, etc. It's been…

I question the idea that 90% of the U.S. has foreign ties, but your point (it's absurd) remains. Actually I'd really like to see how much of the population something like FISA actually applies to.

I'm pretty sure 90% of US citizens visit foreign websites, which might be enough.

Re: CISPA passed in sneak attack,deletes the 4th Amendment.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I question the idea that 90% of the U.S. has foreign ties, but your point (it's absurd) remains. Actually I'd really like to see how much of the population something like FISA actually applies to.

I'm pretty sure 90% of US citizens visit foreign websites, which might be enough.

In fact, they are talking to a foreigner right now!

(My apologies to any American who have had their lives ruining for talking to me. By their government, that is, not by my own personal malice.)

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