AJ: The US Constitution doesn't limit what US legislators can do. They just appoint an Attorney-General willing to say that whatever violation of the Constitution they wish to enact isn't really a violation at all....and proceed. This is how the US Patriot Act has made a joke of the 4th Amendment. This is how the US President can claim to have a right to ignore the Constitution in Guantanamo...despite that very same Constitution being the source of 100% of his powers. Only the US House of Representative can declare....yet the US has been involved in over 50 wars since the last time the House declared war. I could go on and on....but please don't persist in thinking the US Constitution is a living document. It's stone, cold dead. Killed by corrupt political actors and a complacent, ignorant citizenry.
Hey AC....this TSA scanner stuff is Bush law passed by the GOP Congress prior to 2008....and the current GOP Congress isn't lifting a finger to change it. If you're going to blame Obama, you best undo the Tea Party lobotomy and get your facts straight.
The TSA scans are clearly a violation of the Constitution. Just as Guantanamo is a violation of the Constitution. How can any president claim to exercise the power he GETS from the Constitution OUTSIDE that same Constitution. You'd have to be extremely dim to fall for that one......and it seems many Americans really are that "ill informed".
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Re: The EU is not subject to the US constitution
AJ: The US Constitution doesn't limit what US legislators can do. They just appoint an Attorney-General willing to say that whatever violation of the Constitution they wish to enact isn't really a violation at all....and proceed. This is how the US Patriot Act has made a joke of the 4th Amendment. This is how the US President can claim to have a right to ignore the Constitution in Guantanamo...despite that very same Constitution being the source of 100% of his powers. Only the US House of Representative can declare....yet the US has been involved in over 50 wars since the last time the House declared war. I could go on and on....but please don't persist in thinking the US Constitution is a living document. It's stone, cold dead. Killed by corrupt political actors and a complacent, ignorant citizenry.
If they show no respect, they get none.
This more or less kills any respect I had for their property rights.
They clearly have no respect at all for ours as they are very happy to steal from the public domain...and all of us.
These laws are killing any remaining respect for copyright.
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Hey AC....this TSA scanner stuff is Bush law passed by the GOP Congress prior to 2008....and the current GOP Congress isn't lifting a finger to change it. If you're going to blame Obama, you best undo the Tea Party lobotomy and get your facts straight.
The TSA scans are clearly a violation of the Constitution. Just as Guantanamo is a violation of the Constitution. How can any president claim to exercise the power he GETS from the Constitution OUTSIDE that same Constitution. You'd have to be extremely dim to fall for that one......and it seems many Americans really are that "ill informed".