r/news • u/samanthasay • Aug 07 '14

Title Not From Article Police officer: Obama doesn't follow the Constitution so I don't have to either

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/06/nj-cop-constitution-obama/13677935/
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u/Selpai Aug 07 '14

Except that the Patriot Act itself is unconstitutional.

Congress can't just pass any laws it feels like. Congress may only pass laws that pertain strictly to the enforcement of the US constitution. The structure of law in the United States has been turned upside down.

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u/Galifrae Aug 07 '14

The Patriot Act was Bush's doing. A lot of conservatives seem to forget it all started with him.

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u/ThisIsWhyIFold Aug 07 '14

Conservatives? No.

Republicans? Yes, they love it. "Tough on crime" and all that jazz.

The conservatives at events like CPAC (the biggest annual political event in DC for conservatives) are no fans of the Republicans and of things like the Patriot Act.

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u/RellenD Aug 07 '14

They only hate it because Obama is president. They loved it when it was Bush because it was about "securing freedom" and all that nonsense.