Paul takes Obama to Court

It has been found that government secrets within the pentagon become common knowledge during wars when the American people become discontented. Many people across America love to think that the United States government hides things, or creates conspiracies to influence the American people. It is believed that they hide items of information that could affect you, me, and everyone around us if they were known by the general public. The government’s power and influence allow our National Security Agency to keep any secrets they posses secure during times of peace to protect us, and times of war to strengthen us. I personally believe that the what the NSA does is in the hopes that it will protect the American people from harm.

Although their intentions may have been in the interest of America it seems that the NSA could have severely betrayed the trust of the American people. The NSA has the means to monitor every American citizen extensively. The NSA can tap any phone, monitor every email, and as it has been revealed by Edward Snowden, have the ability to save every bit of data they wish. Some Americans believe this is too much power for them and that it violates the rights of citizens. Now President Obama and a few Directors of government agencies have a lawsuit in their lap that will take MTAP to a federal court for a class-action suit. Senator Rand Paul is filing a class-action suit against portions of the Obama administration saying they are abusing certain powers and that it takes effect on all Americans and is a complete and total violation of our Fourth Amendment rights. The Fourth Amendment as stated in the Bill of Rights gives us the right to be secure in our effects (this includes phones because they are a possession) against unwarranted searches. It allows us to feel safe in our own homes, protection from police harassment, and even profiling. It has been claimed the MTAP violates this amendment because through its three hop collection it is actually gathering data on nearly every phone call in America due to the network of human interaction. But does the NSA actually violate Fourth Amendment rights? Arguments can be made by either side and its apparent that strogn cases will be made for both sides. We will all know the answer however when the Supreme Court gets to decide as it is apparent they will have to in the end. In the upcoming months we will see this trial between government and citizen develop. As for me, I feel that the federal, or supreme courts will uphold the actions of the NSA due to necessity.

CNN believes that this lawsuit has more purposes though. According to their article they believe Rand Paul's challenge of the United States policy is a political attention grab that is motivated by the idea of Paul vs. Candidate X in 2016. If this is true it is an ingenious move for a power grab and has the ability to work due to bipartisan support. If he continues on this path of unifying ideas of both parties he may gain the ability to win the 2016 election.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/12/politics/rand-paul/index.html?hpt=po_c2

The American people leave their faith in the power and authority of the US constitution to protect them from harm and ensure them the ability to live out the American Dream. However as government power has grown since the first federal aid programs founded in Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal it has become more apparent that the rights of American citizens are getting closer and closer to being eliminated. Politicians are failing to recognize what their responsibility is as representatives of the American people. Rand Paul's stand happens to be a beacon of hope through his actions in the defense of civil liberties.