SCOTUS vs NSA spying: bigger threat?

[MirrorAshes]

Last edited Tue Jun 25, 2013, 06:39 PM - Edit history (1)

It seems clear to me the answer is SCOTUS. Yes, it's apples and oranges to a large extent, but IMO were primarily concerned about slippery slope hypotheticals at this point with the NSA.

However, the SCOTUS is actively damaging our democracy right now, brazenly and without fear of repercussions. I shudder to think of what will surely happen if we allow the scales to be tipped any further.

My point-- let's keep the debate going regards to privacy, and work to find consensus as a nation on what we're willing and not willing to accept. And hold our representatives accountable. But we MUST NOT lose sight of the more clear and present danger.

No matter what, remember that if we give the republicans an inch, they are primed and waiting to turn this country into something no one but old, white, rich men will recognize.

[msongs]

1. the commander in chief prefers you to be more bipartisan ok lol nt

[chieftain]

2. Thextreme right wingers on this Supreme Court are the lineal descendants of past justices who

issued the Dred Scott Decision, the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling and rolled back so many of FDR's more inventive laws designed to end the Great Depression. This is what we get from having Republicans in power. I'm with you that the debate over the NSA ought to continue but this decision today shows just how dangerous it is to be apathetic or distracted from the clear and present danger that retrograde policies of the GOP present to the country.

[MirrorAshes]

3. Yes!

We must be vigilant with our own, but always remember how easily the entire bottom could fall out.