Tux of Borg Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlin...330&SecID=2 Bush signing statement may allow warrantless mail opening 1/4/2007 4:15 PM By: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Bush may have opened the way for the government to open mail without a warrant. The White House said U.S. policy hasn't changed. But last month, Bush attached a signing statement to a postal reform act. It said his administration will interpret the law to permit searches under certain circumstances “to the maximum extent permissible.'' The American Civil Liberties Union said the add-on raises “serious questions'' about whether the president intends to violate the Constitution by authorizing warrantless searches of U.S. mail. Democratic Senator Charles Schumer calls it an “unauthorized reinterpretation'' of the law. The ACLU said it will make a formal request to learn how the provision will be used, or whether it's already been used to open letters and packages in the mail.
UConn James Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Our civil liberties will not go in one fell swoop. They will go piece by little piece.
Ramius Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 By the time most people actually realize how far down the slope we are sliding, it will be too late to get back up.
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