Reply #7: Only Against "unreasonable Searches and Seizures"

[happyslug]

Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and
effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or
affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the
persons or things to be seized.

The Courts have permitted warrant-less searches but only if Probable cause exists. The problem with Bush's surveillance is that there was NO PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE SURVEILLANCE.

I will not go into Terry vs Ohio, where the Supreme Court of the US permitted searches for weapons to protect police Officers EVEN IF THE OFFICERS DID NOT HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE. This was justified on the grounds of the "Need" of Police officers to protect themselves from harm when they stopped someone to ask them questions for acting suspiciously.

Thus the issue was the act "unreasonable"? I believe it was, but apparently the President and Congress do NOT think so.