Justice Breyer warns of Orwellian government

It's true. 5*

:)

Thanks Evan.

Scary crap when you have a Supreme Court Justice saying it, though. Aren't they supposed to uphold the Constitution?

A Supreme Court justice on Tuesday expressed major concerns that the government would engage in round-the-clock surveillance reminiscent of the totalitarian world of the George Orwell novel 1984, if the Court ruled in the government's favor.

Justice Stephen Breyer questioned what a democratic society would look like if people believed the government was tracking them for days at a time.

"If you win this case, then there is nothing to prevent the police or the government from monitoring 24 hours a day the public movement of every citizen of the United States.” Breyer said. “So if you win, you suddenly produce what sounds like 1984 from their brief."

U.S. Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben contended that if all Americans viewed warrantless tracking as an Orwellian invasion of privacy, Congress would step in with a legislative solution.


[link to thehill.com]

Nice catch op

If anything deserved a frickin perma-pin, it would be this.

Damn, no one cares that a Supreme Court Justice just acknowledged how close we are to becoming an Orwellian state?

If anything deserved a frickin perma-pin, it would be this.

Yeah I care but Breyer is about to come down with a fatal disease in 3-2-1.

Hold the phone, here!

Breyer is obviously a Zio-Shill Lobby-Recipient, so why is he warning everyone about totalitarianism?

This don't make no sense!

Gnomesayin'?

A Supreme Court justice on Tuesday expressed major concerns that the government would engage in round-the-clock surveillance reminiscent of the totalitarian world of the George Orwell novel 1984, if the Court ruled in the government's favor.

Justice Stephen Breyer questioned what a democratic society would look like if people believed the government was tracking them for days at a time.

"If you win this case, then there is nothing to prevent the police or the government from monitoring 24 hours a day the public movement of every citizen of the United States.” Breyer said. “So if you win, you suddenly produce what sounds like 1984 from their brief."

U.S. Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben contended that if all Americans viewed warrantless tracking as an Orwellian invasion of privacy, Congress would step in with a legislative solution.
[link to thehill.com]

Justin Bieber said that!!!

A Supreme Court justice on Tuesday expressed major concerns that the government would engage in round-the-clock surveillance reminiscent of the totalitarian world of the George Orwell novel 1984, if the Court ruled in the government's favor.

Justice Stephen Breyer questioned what a democratic society would look like if people believed the government was tracking them for days at a time.

"If you win this case, then there is nothing to prevent the police or the government from monitoring 24 hours a day the public movement of every citizen of the United States.” Breyer said. “So if you win, you suddenly produce what sounds like 1984 from their brief."

U.S. Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben contended that if all Americans viewed warrantless tracking as an Orwellian invasion of privacy, Congress would step in with a legislative solution.


[link to thehill.com]

Justice Bieber?

Damn, no one cares that a Supreme Court Justice just acknowledged how close we are to becoming an Orwellian state?

We are already there dude.

I swear that's what i saw too