[Bill] Binney designed ThinThread,
[Bill] Binney designed ThinThread, an NSA program that used encryption to try to make mass surveillance less objectionable. It would still have been unlawful and unconstitutional. Edward Snowden
Unconstitutional
Suspicionless surveillance has no
Suspicionless surveillance has no place in a democracy. The next 60 days are a historic opportunity to rein in the NSA, but the only one who can end the worst of its abuses is you. Call your representatives and tell them that the unconstitutional ‘bulk collection’ of Americans’ private records under Section 215 of the … Read more
Racial discrimination in public
Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional…..All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle. Earl Warren
I thought what the
I thought what the military was doing was unconstitutional. Fred Korematsu
There was only really
There was only really one time that I had a substantive interaction with the president [Barak Obama] directly, and that was in 2013 when we were deciding whether to file a brief in the first gay marriage case, the Perry against Hollingsworth case. That was a weighty decision about whether the United States government was … Read more
Nonetheless, so whether it’s
Nonetheless, so whether it’s unconstitutional or not [for judges to overruling presidents], I leave to others. David Brooks
In the case Stone
In the case Stone v. Graham, the Supreme Court ruled that – under ‘separation of church and state’ – it was unconstitutional for a student in school to even see a copy of the Ten Commandments. David Barton
In 1967, in DeKalb
In 1967, in DeKalb v. DeSpain, a court (255 F.Supp. 655. N.D.Ill. 1966.) took a 4-line nursery rhyme used by a K-5 kindergarten class and declared the nursery rhyme unconstitutional. The court explained that although the word ‘God’ was not contained in this nursery rhyme, if someone were to hear the rhyme, he might think … Read more
The inherent right in
The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government. Daniel Webster
It is wrong for
It is wrong for a secular government to promote prayer. We think the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. What if the president declared a National Day of Cursing God because He failed us on September 11? Americans would say, You’ve overstepped your authority. That’s how we feel when he promotes prayer. Dan Barker