Arlen Still Hates The Constitution

I haven't said anything about this for a little while, but it's too important to ignore (from Working Assets).

A Victory Against Illegal Wiretapping - For Now

Last week, a district court in Michigan delivered a stunning rebuke to the Bush Administration and National Security Agency by striking down their warrantless wiretapping program. In response to a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the judge found that the program violates both the First and Fourth Amendments to our U.S. Constitution, as well as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

Read about the decision here.

Working Assets is proud to have joined in this fight by filing an amicus brief in support of the ACLU's suit. We believe that the warrantless monitoring of phone conversations ordered by the Bush administration is illegal and unacceptable.

However, this fight is far from over. Despite the fact that the judge found the wiretapping program clearly unconstitutional, Senator Specter and Vice President Cheney are still pushing legislation that would -- after the fact -- make the entire warrantless wiretapping program legal.

Click here to tell your Senators to reject the Cheney-Specter bill.

Senate Bill 2453 would not only legalize the wiretapping program; it would also transfer all lawsuits pending against the program into the secretive FISA court -- where they could be dismissed for no reason at all. Simply put, if we care about our privacy and the Fourth Amendment to our Constitution, this legislation must be stopped.

Click here to tell your Senators to vote NO on S. 2453.

Here's some more background on this.