Thanks. I had not seen Jefferson's remarks. Bright guy. And now apparently to cover up the flaws of "honest as other men, and not more so. They have, with o

Thanks. I had not seen Jefferson's remarks. Bright guy. And now apparently to cover up the flaws of "honest as other men, and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps" the court is awash in pretense of impeccable objectivity, competence, and final authority! If we take Jefferson seriously, then for the constitutionality of the Patriot Act, etc., the SCOTUS is not really a superior arbiter and not the last word but just one stop on the way to the voting citizens. Sounds like time to revise the letter I have under draft, waiting for the SCOTUS to make their unique contribution to the constitutionality, quit deferring to and waiting on the SCOTUS, warm up my FAX modem, send to my Representative and two Senators, and tell them that the final arbiter here is the voting citizens, that I vote, and that my decision on the constitutionality of the Patriot Act and whatever else the NSA has been using and generally the means, direct or indirect through London or wherever, is "No" -- not constitutional, and, thus, I expect them to correct the situation with legislation. So, as a voting citizen, the attitude for me to take here is not to quibble over fine points of law or the precise wording of the First or Fourth Amendments but just to state, from my power and authority as one voting citizen, that this NSA, FBI, CIA, DHS, whatever Federal Government under the table, around the world backwards and into the back door, spying on my Internet usage, my USPS usage, my FedEx or UPS usage, my license plate locations, my favorite French or Italian wines, my cell phone tower usage, the items I buy at A&P, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, the items I charge on a credit card, my purchases at Amazon, who visits me, whom I visit, my Internet posts, my garbage items, what my kitty cats eat, etc. is unconstitutional and, besides, unacceptable as in torques me off, and I herewith demand that they pass laws that will shovel out the stalls of the NSA, FBI, etc. and stop that stuff where stuff is not the only word I have in mind. They can't "subcontract", send the ball, or hot potato, to the SCOTUS, and have to do some real work themselves -- find ways to protect the US within the Constitution. "But where can standing be, if legal opinions are based on secret courts, and gag orders are imposed on everything?" Apparently someone thought that that was a cute Catch 22, but I don't think it will wash. So, if the FBI shows up at my Web site server farm (when and if I get it built!), hands me a double secret, triple top secret, national security letter (NSL), where the first rule of NSL is never to talk about NSL, I just say: "I have not told anyone about your NSL; still, I've already consulted with my lawyer about any such thing, and he advised me to say that we will see you in open court. Have a nice day. I've got to get back to work. Oh, gee, it looks like my kitty cat has made a mess on your nice NSL -- here, you can have it back." Maybe by the next 4th of July we will have this mess cleaned up.