Sen. Paul to Introduce Fourth Amendment Restoration Act of 2013

I dunno gang. Paul describes himself as a Libertarian. And even though I'm not one myself, I'm thinking Rand Paul is just about the hardest working man in the Senate.

Jun 6, 2013


WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Rand Paul today announced he will introduce the Fourth Amendment Restoration Act of 2013, which ensures the Constitutional protections of the Fourth Amendment are not violated by any government entity.

"The revelation that the NSA has secretly seized the call records of millions of Americans, without probable cause, represents an outrageous abuse of power and a violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. I have long argued that Congress must do more to restrict the Executive's expansive law enforcement powers to seize private records of law-abiding Americans that are held by a third-party," Sen. Paul said. "When the Senate rushed through a last-minute extension of the FISA Amendments Act late last year, I insisted on a vote on my amendment (SA 3436) to require stronger protections on business records and prohibiting the kind of data-mining this case has revealed. Just last month, I introduced S.1037, the Fourth Amendment Preservation and Protection Act, which would provide exactly the kind of protections that, if enacted, could have prevented these abuses and stopped these increasingly frequent violations of every American's constitutional rights.

"The bill restores our Constitutional rights and declares that the Fourth Amendment shall not be construed to allow any agency of the United States government to search the phone records of Americans without a warrant based on probable cause."

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Sad we even need such an amendment

Yep, it is sad that we need assurances on top of assurances that our natural rights will not be infringed. The dumbasses far outnumber those that really know and care about rights. I wish dumbasses actually knew they were dumbasses, but that is the nature of things. The dumb are always to dumb to know they are dumb.

Pun wrote:Sad we even need such an amendment

True. But there are those involved in this thing that will try everything to weaken and subvert the true purpose of our immigration policy. Some are struggling for power while a couple of guys seem to be truly trying to work this thing out.