{"id":11662,"date":"2015-08-31T09:25:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T14:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=11662"},"modified":"2015-08-31T09:25:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T14:25:30","slug":"the-dying-institutions-of-western-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=11662","title":{"rendered":"The Dying Institutions Of Western Civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dying Institutions Of Western Civilization<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

nothing is left<\/em><\/p>\n

Judiciary Branch Has Self-Abolished<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US no longer has a judiciary. This former branch of government has transitioned into an enabler of executive branch fascism.<\/p>\n

Privacy is a civil liberty protected by the US Constitution. The Constitution relies on courts to enforce its prohibitions against intrusive government, but if the executive branch claims (no proof required) \u201cnational security,\u201d courts kiss the Constitution good-bye.<\/p>\n

Federal judges are chosen by the executive branch. The senate can refuse to confirm, but that is rare. The executive branch chooses judges who are friendly to executive power. This is especially the case for the appeals courts and the Supreme Court. The Justice (sic) Department keeps tabs on district court judges who rule against the government, and these judges don\u2019t make it to the higher courts. The result over time is to erode civil liberty.<\/p>\n

Recently a three-judge panel of the US Appeals Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the National Security Agency can continue its mass surveillance of the US population without showing cause. The panel avoided the constitutional question by ruling on procedural terms that NSA had a right to withhold the information that would prove the plaintiffs\u2019 case.<\/p>\n

By refusing to extend the section of the USA PATRIOT Act\u2014a name that puts a patriotic sheen on Orwellian totalitarianism\u2014that gave carte blanche to the NSA and by passing the USA Freedom Act, Congress attempted to give NSA\u2019s spying a constitutional patina. The USA Freedom Act allows the telecom companies to spy on us and collect all of our communications data and for NSA to access the data by obtaining a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court. The Freedom Act protects constitutional procedures by requiring NSA to go through the motions, but it does not prevent telecom companies from invading our privacy in behalf of NSA.<\/p>\n

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