Sign the Fourth Amendment Protection Act Petition

[compromise]

To Your Senators

Whereas: Today, our Fourth Amendment which protects Americans from government search and seizure unless there is probable cause of a crime is under assault like never before; and
Whereas: This country fought a revolution over issues like generalized warrants, where soldiers would go from house to house, searching anything they liked; and
Whereas: This is a defining moment for our country; and
Whereas: Our elected officials are not above the law and Congress MUST reassert our Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure;
Therefore: I urge you to take action to support Senator Paul's Fourth Amendment Protection Act.

Sign here:
http://www.rand-2016.com/4thamend.aspx?pid=1125f

 

[Todd]

I think this could be one of the best grassroot projects people have had an opportunity for in a long time. And it has 200 views. This should be moved to Grassroots central and stickied on the front Page of the site. Activism here has dropped off tremendously and this is one way that local groups could take some action.

It's got to be more than a petition though.

I see innumerable news articles detailing the latest revelations from Edward Snowden, and a blizzard of pieces calling for leniency or a pardon for the world’s most famous whistleblower – but in the comments sections, including of my own columns on the subject, I find expressions of seemingly hopeless despair: "Yes, but what can we do about it?"

The answer: take action at the local level. Use as a model the efforts of California libertarian activists who have lobbied state Senators Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) and Joel Anderson (R-San Diego) to introduce the Fourth Amendment Protection Act forbidding any state support to the National Security Agency.