The ACLU's own text contradicts its case for Snowden's asylum bid.

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87. Was it?

The legality is often determined after the fact, by court review. It was legal to ban Gay Marriage under Prop 8 until the Courts ruled that it wasn't. It was legal to beat confessions out of prisoners until the court ruled it wasn't. It was legal to hang people until the court said it wasn't. Shall I continue?

Drug Dogs taken onto your property would seem to be just fine. After all they can walk around your car until they get a hit, or a hint of a hit to justify a search. But it was ruled unconstitutional when a Detective did just that. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/26/drug-sniffing-dogs-unconstitutional-search_n_2956079.html

Was just fine, until it wasn't.

It was illegal for Citizen United to pour tons of cash into the political process, until the Supreme Court ruled that it was an abridgement of free speech, and thus perfectly legal to buy elections under the guise of free speech.

Shall I continue even more? The Courts have implemented some of our finest legal principles, and some of our worst. But the decision if something ultimately is, or is not legal, rests in the hands of our Judicial System. By excluding the entire third branch of Government from the discussion, you provide cover for an immoral, and illegal policy. Until it finds full judicial review, it can't be considered truly legal. Even then, it should be stopped because again, it is at the very minimum immoral.