Expansion of surveillance powers will only give more fuel to the Qanon nut jobs that will see the government as even more of an enemy than they already do. Who knows where that’ll lead, political divide is only getting worse every year to the point where the Republican Party is now sharply divided into two factions. This type of shit doesn’t help the situation.
>Expansion of surveillance powers will only give more evidence to informed American citizens that their own government is a far greater threat to their freedom and safety than anyone in any country on the other side of the world.
Our elected officials take an oath to support and uphold the Constitution. It isn't an oath to support the undefined, "national security" of the United States. These warrantless searches are clearly in direct violation of the 4th Amendment. Any member of the government, who has sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution, is in violation of their oath when they vote to pass these blatantly Unconstitutional laws. Any judge who votes to uphold these clearly Unconstitutional laws is similarly in violation of their sacred oath.
>I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
I'd like to reign in government surveillance powers, but I don't find that particular rationale very compelling: Said nut-jobs will continue either way, fueled from internally-generated fictions. For them, the details in those laws/policies are incidental, much like whether or not a maligned pizza-place has a basement or not.
If you hate surveillance you have to vote for the hard left in America, I.e Bernie sanders or Ron wyden. Literally anyone else including trump supports mass surveillance (trump will oppose his personal surveillance because the spooks are coming for him, not because he doesn’t like US intelligence powers)
If you think voting for anyone else besides the progressive left will help you here, I have a bridge to sell you!
Trump wants the spooks to be fanatical loyal personally to him, and if he had it, he’d gleefully turn America into a police state
