kallend 2,027
lawrocket[Reply]And please enlighten us on the Constitutional process by which a President can repeal an Act of Congress.
By vetoing the reauthorizations of the Acts of Congress. Which he hasn't done. He signed reauthorization of section 215 in 2011.
Because he likes it.
Is that a "repeal"?
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Yes. It would have been repealed on its own terms by sunset date unless "renewed." Barring affirmative action by the President, section 215 would have expired. Or been sent to the Senate (who had the votes to override.)
Clinton would have vetoed it and let the Congress override it, giving hm the ability to blame Congress. The President has lobbied FOR it.
And note, the POTUS has a pretty good history of not enforcing laws he doesn't like and not defending laws he doesn't like. But he's defending this one.
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Clinton would have vetoed it and let the Congress override it, giving hm the ability to blame Congress. The President has lobbied FOR it.
And note, the POTUS has a pretty good history of not enforcing laws he doesn't like and not defending laws he doesn't like. But he's defending this one.
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lummy 4
Where does it mention that the communications are being screened? In fact, the articles says the opposite
"The officials said the bulk of the information was never accessed or analyzed."
The article also goes on to say that the data was deleted soon after.
"The officials said the bulk of the information was never accessed or analyzed."
The article also goes on to say that the data was deleted soon after.
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"The officials said
"The officials said
Because NSA officials can be trusted that they'd admit it if they did something improper.
[Reply]the bulk of the information was never accessed or analyzed."
They've said, "oops. We illegally collected 56k emails per year for the last decade." That's a half a million.
Estimates are around 300 million e-mails are sent in the US every day.
I read somewhere that the most the NSA can sort through in a day is 6%. Can't remember where I read it. Here's where it gets interesting: that's 18 million per day. 126 million per week. That's 6.57 BILLION per year.
That isn't chump change. Assuming 1 percent of those are illegally obtained, that's a HUGE number.
Rights are dignitary in nature. It's stop and frisk of e-mails.
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kallend 2,027
lawrocketYes. It would have been repealed on its own terms by sunset date unless "renewed." Barring affirmative action by the President, section 215 would have expired. Or been sent to the Senate (who had the votes to override.)
Clinton would have vetoed it and let the Congress override it, giving hm the ability to blame Congress. The President has lobbied FOR it.
And note, the POTUS has a pretty good history of not enforcing laws he doesn't like and not defending laws he doesn't like. But he's defending this one.
My legal dictionary doesn't call that a "repeal". It says: The Annulment or abrogation of a previously existing statute by the enactment of a later law that revokes the former law.
So did the renewal contain the provisions found by the secret court to be unConstitutional?
And please be aware, I think the existence of a secret court is ipso facto obnoxious and contrary the the traditions of Anglo-American justice. Reminiscent of the Star Chamber if you ask me.
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kallend 2,027
lawrocket[Reply]
"The officials said
Because NSA officials can be trusted that they'd admit it if they did something improper.
[Reply]the bulk of the information was never accessed or analyzed."
They've said, "oops. We illegally collected 56k emails per year for the last decade." That's a half a million.
Estimates are around 300 million e-mails are sent in the US every day.
I read somewhere that the most the NSA can sort through in a day is 6%. Can't remember where I read it. Here's where it gets interesting: that's 18 million per day. 126 million per week. That's 6.57 BILLION per year.
That isn't chump change. Assuming 1 percent of those are illegally obtained, that's a HUGE number.
Rights are dignitary in nature. It's stop and frisk of e-mails.
And from the NEWSMAX article (a publication generally hostile to BHO): "As soon as the extent of the problem became clear, the officials said, the Obama administration provided classified briefings to both Senate and House intelligence committees within days."
So we have a mess of Bush's making, and when the mess became apparent, the Obama administration moved quickly to brief the Congress which DID have the power to repeal.
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By vetoing the reauthorizations of the Acts of Congress. Which he hasn't done. He signed reauthorization of section 215 in 2011.
Because he likes it.
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