VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.
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Don't rely just on the courts. Tell your reps in DC what you think. Resist. It only takes a few minutes and best of all..it doesn’t cost any money.
We don’t need money in politics. We just need people to participate.
Ffs!!! He is off the rails and who’s going to say it??!! is EVERY one of us really that afraid?? if I didn’t have four children, I swear to God I’d be out there, taking it all out. Luigi and I would have the same cell hopefully
Trump's act of being sworn in was a violation and a lie in itself; he will not defend the Constitution; he didn't even put his hand on the Trump Bible used to swear him in. This new administration will ignore the law.
Now that the constitution has died due to lack of real defenders it's too little too late & a lot of so what. Who's next for illegal imprisonment in prisons for the fun & profit of the Murder-For-Money corporations? They may even start giving free tattoos like they did in Germany 🤑😖🤣❣️
It must be disheartening for the EFF to read the replies here and recognize how out of touch their prog followers are. Trump has spoken out against FISA as a whole (including Section 702) numerous times, as have people in his administration. Yet, they believe he'll reverse this bc "he's a fascist!"
Trump doesn't understand FISA or 702, to the degree that he does its only if it impacts him, otherwise he don't give a shir. As for FISA, their is not going to be same support as before as self destructive path country on by re-electing Trump likely overrides concerns about foreign intercepts.
You progs upset about the election results support increased surveillance of Americans. Especially of those who didn't vote for Harris, regardless of their political registration.
At least we might know when he starts doing that if they are forced to publicly declare it, but ideally? Act as if its still in place and avoid electronic communication with any plots you may or may not be plotting.
The 117th congress passed 362 public laws and 3 private. How many of them are you familiar with? Most Americans are unaware of the sheer number of bills that work through congress, let alone the number passed.
The point is if they are public we can discover it. If its private then how can one reasonably be expected to follow a law that was not publicly declared to have changed?
This kinda reversal would help alienate several on the right, whom several are already having buyers remorse.
Yeah. It genuinely doesn't matter anymore, practically speaking.
I mean, Yay, that's great!! that after like 2 decades or whatever the judiciary's like "oh hey but, Constitutionnnn" and I'm for it. But really? MAGA feds aren't exactly the "Yes, Judge" type.
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Exactly. The issue here is that the real problem is FBI spying on American citizens illegally. I am not sure if this ruling even covers the real issue as you described above.
He has that exec pen on autofill,dont get your Hope's up, if he can pass a law banning constitutional rights(Birthright), he has no issue overthrowing SCOTUS, they gave him permission.
In a larger sense "the media" has been leading us to this moment in time. When the "good guys" on NCIS, or Law & Order, or 24 pulled some sketchy / skirting legality move it was "OK" because THEY were the "good" guys, so justified. Now tRump & goons are in charge & they are NOT GOOD guys at all.
I’m not a lawyer but I don’t see how this matters. We’re gonna have a Trump stooge running the FBI and they’ll remake it into the Fact Banning Institute.
Great News everybody! They've declared something unconstitutional immediately after they swore in a fascist president who has every intent to shred the constitution.
i don't know, kicks it up to the supreme court and bribes them to overturn it? signs an executive order saying the ruling only counts in a situation that can never actually happen? straight up decides the rule of law is for pussies and tells the CIA to be sneakier abt it? Trump is law Houdini
Until the orange con changes the constitution and he will try. If he can change birthrights, he can keep going. He is creating Russia’s and China’s world for us. We need to stop him at every turn.
It will be a very short lived victory...persisting in the illusion that the US has any laws or institutions that protect its people is sheer blindness.
I see, so when a tap on a foreign human trafficker hears a US citizen setting up the money transfer and distribution but the US citizen was on US soil, then nothing….. fruit of the poison tree! And you are celebrating?
Yes and as we all know the Trump team is dedicated to truth, honesty, and fidelity to the law as outlined in the Const- sorry, I can't keep typing with a straight face
So the Godfarter will simply instruct his troops in Gotham City Crime Inc to draft him a presidential order allowing his selected people to interrogate everyones private communications.
Effectively what happens when people are on FB, X or other SM platforms they own/con trol.
They'll be getting written summaries of content and communication written by AI, taken from regular screen snapshots and content perusal of phones, laptops, and desktops running Win, MacOS, ios, and android.
The warrantless backdoor searches gained access by telephony. That is, in switching centers using then deep packet sniffing. Back then unencrypted traffic was more common. Also, they could track metadata that isn't encrypted. This newer approach is on the phone itself and bundled by the vendor.
I'll take a win where I can get it. This is good news. Even if rolled back, that first foot in the door is going to make it easier to get back here.
Look at gay marriage and the back and forth we did. Each time those rights and protections came back a little stronger.
Do not surrender.
And what are the reprocussions if they do violate the law? Nothing unless you got millions of dollars to cover legal costs and an attorney who feels like pouring his time into the case. It's an unjust system that is usually only accessible to the wealthy.
So, I assume it's the FBI that is intercepting my email. Rather than read and actually do something about barriers to access that are national security holes.
Oh? What constitution? The one just suspended by your friendly fascist dictator? Backdoor searches are needed to weed out dissidents. So SCOTUS gets instructions how to deal with that.
You've seen nothing yet. Let him settle in over the weekend.
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A decade. I wasn't paying attention to this suit, so I don't know why it took so long. Still I'll take the win, while recognizing that certain elements will do everything they can to restore the status quo ante.
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How casually, those elected politicians voted away their own constitutional rights was staggering.
I’m now becoming concerned and not a little scared about the US.
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I am doing NOTHING wrong...so stop watching me.
That’s a relief.
It might have mattered years ago but the FBI has been freewheeling everything for years now.
You progs upset about the election results support increased surveillance of Americans. Especially of those who didn't vote for Harris, regardless of their political registration.
This kinda reversal would help alienate several on the right, whom several are already having buyers remorse.
In the Hasbajrami case law enforcement used emails between Mr. Hasbajrami and an unnamed foreigner associated with terrorist groups.
I don’t mind if our gov agencies use these types of communications to connect the dots after 9/11
I mean, Yay, that's great!! that after like 2 decades or whatever the judiciary's like "oh hey but, Constitutionnnn" and I'm for it. But really? MAGA feds aren't exactly the "Yes, Judge" type.
Also they bought SCOTUS.
Doesn't really matter anymore.
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We know the FBI lies to get warrants in FISA courts. Does this ruling address warrants obtained illegally...or...only spying without warrants?
I suspect this will not stop the NSA from 24/7 spying, which is not the subject of FISA warrants.
So many seem to hedge their bets or use softened language in the media and political sphere. They were wrong.
#6 Judiciary
Manipulate the masses by giving them a false sense of security, silencing dissent, and maintaining social control
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I'm glad you're still here.
gotcha.
(in seriousness) ps: congrats us-citizens
My data is MINE.
The minute those vicious DC dummies find out about it, they will begin to undo it!
Effectively what happens when people are on FB, X or other SM platforms they own/con trol.
So they don't need this anymore.
Look at gay marriage and the back and forth we did. Each time those rights and protections came back a little stronger.
Do not surrender.
"that would be illegal actually no one he controls has the authority to do that" great so how long until he does it anyway
Trump has no interest in anyone's rights.
Well fought, well earned
(That's laughing in Chinese)
You've seen nothing yet. Let him settle in over the weekend.
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Democrats told me that the economy is doing super-duper well for four years.
Overnight, you suddenly think the economy tanked?
btw - Biden, Obama, Cheney and Bush destroyed the Constitution with their Patriot Act.