Michael Boldin’s Column
War and the Constitution: Declare vs Wage
The Constitution is quite clear on war power. Congress has the power to determine IF the country will wage offensive war and against WHOM. Once that decision is made by the Congress, the President is in charge of waging that war. The power in question is delegated in...How States Can Protect the 4th Amendment from NSA Abuse
Originally published at Truthout.org In her 2004 Brooklyn Law Review article, Ann Althouse offered some powerful suggestions on how to resist “anti-terrorism” powers, such as the Patriot Act, and should be seen as a guide to resisting NSA spying: The fight...
A Constitutional Strategy to Stop NSA Spying
The National Security Agency looks at literally millions of phone records. It captures millions of emails. It sifts through millions of megabytes of private data. And it does this all without following the requirements of the Fourth Amendment. It can be stopped. How...
Dianne Feinstein and the NSA vs James Madison
A few weeks ago, Dianne Feinstein claimed that mass spying by the NSA is “lawful, effective and constitutional.” Seriously. I won’t waste my time refuting that nonsense. But, I will give you some tools to resist these criminals – without relying on people like...