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To: NoCountyIncomeTax
But the Constitution did not change.

The Constitution itself recognizes that things are different in wartime - habeas corpus, for example, can be suspended during times of war or insurrection. And long-standing and recent court decisions typically defer to executive powers in times of war.

The CIA's been tracking cell phones with no problem. Bush just got lazy and decided the Fourth Amendment didn't apply to him, and Republicans would rather wipe their rear with the Constitution than bruise another Republican's ego by reminding him this is a nation of laws.

Once again, it isn't about tracking cell phones. It's about getting to the content of the calls between terror groups and people in this country.

And I find your insinuation about using the Constitution as TP in this matter to be highly ignorant. The Constitutional considerations are far more complex than your simplistic concepts can begin to grasp.

32 posted on 02/07/2006 8:54:10 AM PST by dirtboy (I'm fat, I sleep most of the winter and I saw my shadow yesterday. Does that make me a groundhog?)
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To: dirtboy
The Constitution itself recognizes that things are different in wartime - habeas corpus, for example, can be suspended during times of war or insurrection.

The fact that the Constitution makes specific exemptions for certain of its provisions in wartime would strongly imply that those provisions that don't have such an exemption are in full force during wartime.

49 posted on 02/07/2006 3:21:45 PM PST by inquest (If you favor any legal status for illegal aliens, then do not claim to be in favor of secure borders)
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