Yahoo News reports that Representative Chris Stewart (R-Utah) says that the expansive surveillance authority assumed by federal agencies under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) will not be re-authorized without “meaningful reform.” The story on Yahoo (as published on DeseretNews) goes on to attribute Stewart’s opposition to rubber-stamping the surveillance program stems to its use in “spying on the Trump campaign and on hundreds of thousands of Americans.”
While Representative Stewart is undoubtedly justified in his criticism of the use of federal surveillance capabilities to spy on Donald Trump and on any other American, to call for “meaningful reform” simply misses the mark constitutionally.
https://thenewamerican.com/is-meaningful-reform-enough-to-end-fisas-assault-on-the-fourth-amendment/
Who is in charge of your children? That has been a perennial question that has grown in importance over the last few years. When I was a child, it was understood that, with rare exceptions, parents were in charge of a child’s upbringing. This included medical, religious, and educational decisions. However, over the last few decades, the role of the parent in these decisions has been replaced by experts. What happens when the goal of the experts differs from those of the parents? Who decides the future of the rising generations? It was understood that the state acted in loco parentis, in place of the parents, only for the safety of the child. A recent case in U.S. District Court shows that be it health departments, child services, schools, or even the courts. Government not only believes they know better than the parents, they are more than willing to act in loco parentis tyrannis.
https://constitutionstudy.com/?p=8897
With the release of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) applications, there has been a lot of speculation and downright assertions about our future. With over 30 years of experience in Information Technology (IT), not more than a passing understanding of AIs, I've come to the conclusion that much of what I've heard is more science fiction than fact. A recent court case decided in the D.C. District Court revolved around one very important question. Do AIs have rights?
In this third installment of the three-part series on the branches of government, we look at the role of the third and weakest branch. At least that is what our Founding Fathers thought of it. What is the role of the federal judiciary? What are the extent of their powers, how do they related to the other two branches of government, and why is a proper understanding of the role of the judiciary critical if the United States is to remain a constitutional republic?
https://constitutionstudy.com/?p=8575
Dangers of depending on government
Have you ever sat in a chair, depending on it to hold you up, only for it to fail miserably? What happens when you put your faith in government to protect you and they fail miserably? - Live 4PM ET with Host Paul Engel @CyberEngel @OutLoudNews
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When a government agency searches without a reason it’s called “fishing”. When the Attorney General of New Jersey issued a subpoena demanding the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the donors to a pregnancy center, it wasn’t just fishing, it was searching for a white whale.
https://constitutionstudy.com/2026/01/12/505-unreasonable-searches/
Have you ever heard something and just hoped and prayed it wasn’t true? Sadly, the topics we’re looking at today are not only true, but a sad commentary on the state of the nation. - Live 4PM ET with Host Paul Engel @CyberEngel @OutLoudNews
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