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Thank you very much for your reply. I think this answers it fully. So, could I petition them to ask for opinion Congress Judiciary Committee? I'm desperate fo

Thank you very much for your reply. I think this answers it fully. So, could I petition them to ask for opinion Congress Judiciary Committee? I'm desperate for finding a way to make them state aloud that the Patriot Act is not breaking the Constitution. The law is there. It is bad. Most probably unconstitutional. How do I petition them to make them state in some way constitutionality of the Patriot Act? Whether they claim it is constitutional or not is not that important as imposing more political pressure on them. Let them lie more, make more people angry, etc. Are am I naive here too? ;-)

aroch 13y ago
Well here's the thing, the SCOTUS can say "Hey, that's illegal!" but they have no enforcement powers. Public Safety (read: police / military) is under the purview of the executive and legislature, which is the only real way to enforce things[1]. If they want, both other branches can effectively ignore anything that comes out of the judiciary. In this case, this particular activity was ruled unconstitutional (Fourth and Fifth Amendment protections) back in 2011. _____ 1: See desegregation in Little Rock. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine