Quote Originally Posted by sup-rbeast View Post
IMO, our founding fathers wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to suit the world they lived in..and the burdens they had to bear under England's rule. I do think they tried to write a far-sighted document that would endure the test of time...but at the same time I don't think they wanted to protect something in the Bill of Rights that was more harmful to the country than good.

You know this EXACT SAME argument could be made for Bush's warentless wire-taps.