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Full-Text Articles in Fourth Amendment
Providing Material Support To Violate The Constitution: The Usa Patriot Act And Its Assault On The 4th Amendment, Christopher Metzler
Providing Material Support To Violate The Constitution: The Usa Patriot Act And Its Assault On The 4th Amendment, Christopher Metzler
North Carolina Central Law Review
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Down To The Wire: Assessing The Constitutionality Of The National Security Agency's Warrantless Wiretapping Program: Exit The Rule Of Law, Fletcher N. Baldwin Jr., Robert B. Shaw
Down To The Wire: Assessing The Constitutionality Of The National Security Agency's Warrantless Wiretapping Program: Exit The Rule Of Law, Fletcher N. Baldwin Jr., Robert B. Shaw
UF Law Faculty Publications
The article discusses the constitutionality of warrantless wiretapping surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA) on U.S. citizens. The wiretapping program existed weeks after the September 11, 2001 attacks, on the justification that Congress authorized the president to wiretap U.S. citizens without a warrant, and that the president had inherent authority as commander-in-chief. But it is argued that Congress did not expressly authorize the president to conduct warrantless wiretapping and that he does not have such inherent authority.
We intend this Article to be a commentary on the constitutionality of the NSA wiretapping program solely as it relates to the …