Under the 4th amendment NSA is forbidden from collecting the communications of US citizens without a warrant. Do you disagree or think the constitution should be amended to authorize that?
> Under the 4th amendment NSA is forbidden from collecting the communications of US citizens without a warrant.
Strictly by the text this is false in a couple respects:
(1) the text does not refer to or limit its provisions to citizens at all.
(2) the text prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures, not those without warrants (it also sets standards for warrants, when they are issued.)
The Supreme Court has inferred from the juxtaposition of the reasonableness requirement and warrant standards that warrants are presumptively but not universally required for reasonableness.
Strictly by the text this is false in a couple respects:
(1) the text does not refer to or limit its provisions to citizens at all.
(2) the text prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures, not those without warrants (it also sets standards for warrants, when they are issued.)
The Supreme Court has inferred from the juxtaposition of the reasonableness requirement and warrant standards that warrants are presumptively but not universally required for reasonableness.