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> A future Congress could overturn it Short of a constitutional amendment, any congressional action could be overturned by a future congress.

• CHY872 12y ago
  That could also be overturned by a future congress
  • Alupis 12y ago
    And the overturn that overturned the overturn could in turn, be overturned. ;P No but a little more serious - once a bill makes it to law, its far more challenging to overturn it (not to mention the negative PR that can/will be run for a "we're making it so the government can subvert your privacy again" campaign).
• coldtea 12y ago
  And that's the kind of law that should be in a constitutional amendment.
  • logn 12y ago
    We have amendments for these though. It will be tiresome to have to continually revisit amendments to basically say "they mean what they say". How about this Amendment instead: Any attorney general should be able to sue for impeachment and criminal charges against any top officials in federal government, and the cases could be heard by a panel of judges from the states. After a ruling, governors should be authorized to deploy state police/military to arrest and incarcerate federal officials as indicated by the trials.