[mattmaroon]

Well, it's not exactly clear what powers we the people have granted the Federal Government, so the courts (part of the government) exist partially to interpret that. In this case, which should be cause for celebration, the courts came to the conclusion (which I think most here would agree with) that those powers do not include pulling cell phone records at will.

The commenter to which I responded got off topic on an anti-government tangent that made a number of assumptions not at all related to the article for no other reason than to make an anti-government rant, which I grant is a cheap source of karma here.