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bandushrew on March 25, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Obama to Call for End to N.S.A.’s Bulk Data Collec...

The problem is that laws and clauses of the constitution only provide protection if there is political will to allow it to do so.

The second that the people in power have no actual political will to follow them, the fact that laws exist provides no protection.

zodiac on March 25, 2014 [–]

Even if there were no political will, the judiciary could enforce the protection, for eg by striking down unconstitutional laws.

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