[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Statement on PRISM?

[Rudi Rusdiah]

It is sad if obama ruled out the American Constitution, it will become 
the wild wild west of the Information age and society... its a pity that 
we have to experienced Orwelian big brother 1984

rgds, rudi rusdiah

On 06/10/2013 11:11 PM, Marc Perkel wrote:
> Here's an article I wrote about government spying.
>
> http://gilroy.patch.com/groups/marc-perkels-blog/p/why-do-i-care-abut-government-spying-i-have-nothing-to-hide
>
>
>   Why do I care about government spying? I have nothing to hide.
>
>
> In response to government spying on all our phone calls some people 
> have said to me, "Why do I care about government spying? I have 
> nothing to hide. So what if the government is tapping into everything 
> we do?" Obama says, "We're going to have to make some choices as a 
> society."
>
>
> The 4th Amendment of the Constitution says.*"The right of the people 
> to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against 
> unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no 
> Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or 
> affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and 
> the persons or things to be seized."* Obama is saying that a secret 
> court has determined that all Verizon customers are criminal suspects, 
> including me. That is just plain crazy on its face.
>
> Obama and every member of Congress took an oath that includes,*"I do 
> solemnly swear that I will ...  preserve, protect and defend the 
> Constitution of the United States."* That oath has now been broken by 
> the President and every member of Congress that supports government by 
> secret courts and secret laws.
>
> So an answer like "I have nothing to hide.", misses the point. I don't 
> recall anything in the Constitution that says that you can amend the 
> Constitution by deciding to ignore it. I don't recall a rule that says 
> that if a Republican president and a Democrat president both break the 
> same law then the law becomes nullified. Obama and the Congress have 
> effectively suspended the Constitution.
>
> What they are doing is declaring that the Constitution itself, the 
> document upon which all laws are founded, is void. Obama and Congress 
> have declared that the rule of law no longer applies in America. 
> Without the rule of law and the Constitution the America we knew no 
> longer exists. It is wrong and it rises to the level of treason 
> against the Constitution.
>
>
>
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