> other factors make it seem symbolic I don't think this is actually true. A single no vote just means that it wasn't unanimous (but almost so). As for not de

> other factors make it seem symbolic I don't think this is actually true. A single no vote just means that it wasn't unanimous (but almost so). As for not defining a crime, much of law (e.g. the constitution) does not define crimes, but regulations of government which may be enforced by courts. E.g. the government must not station troops in your house in peacetime (Third Amendment) or the government must appoint you legal counsel in a trial (Sixth Amendment). > The law makes an exception for a legal warrant exception I also wonder about this, particularly as a lot of the NSA's activities do have "legal" warrants issued by the secretive FISA court.