A federal court has held that Fourth Amendment protections apply to these searches; Congress could codify a statutory warrant requirement, create an administrative warrant process, or leave the rule to further litigation.
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“Officials should give the FISA courts complete and accurate information and face real consequences if they misuse surveillance powers.”
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“Secret surveillance courts should have stronger outside checks and should share more information with Congress and the public when it can be done safely.”
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“Companies should only be forced to help with secret surveillance under clear rules, court oversight, and notice to Congress.”
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“The government should keep foreign surveillance powers only if there are strong rules for searches involving people in the United States.”
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A Yale field experiment found legislators shown actual district opinion shifted their votes to match it. The ones kept in the dark? No relationship between constituent views and how they voted.
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