Expert Available: Senate Surveillance Provision Highlights Need for Privacy Protections
Recently, the United States Senate passed legislation allowing Members of Congress to sue the federal government for up to $500,000 if they are subjected to unconstitutional surveillance practices. The Director of the Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice, Matthew Cavedon, wrote a recent op-ed highlighting the need for stronger privacy laws to protect American citizens:
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The choice before Congress is clear. The Senate can award its members half a million dollars while leaving the surveillance state intact for everyone else. Or it can do what the Founders did: Recognize that when government violates constitutional rights, the answer is structural reform, not special privileges.
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