They're manpulating us right into a "frickin" Tea Bagger veto proof majority

[JDPriestly]

54. Was that comment supposed to be a joke?

A secret court? The Constitution guarantees a public trial.

The Sixth Amendment

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/sixth_amendment

"The right to a speedy and public trial." Please, please, read the Constitution.

And then there is the Fourth Amendment:

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.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/fourth_amendment

I don't know whether the decisions of the Supreme Court that approved of the government subpoenaing pen registers (the lists of telephone numbers) intended on such a blanket subpoena. They are collecting all the pen registers of every citizen. How can there be adequate probably cause for that? How can they particularly describe the place to be searched when they are searching the records of every American with a specific phone service?

They are simply disregarding the spirit and the letter of the Constitution -- again. This is disgusting.