In Washington D.C. this afternoon, the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution died on the floor of the Senate. Cause of death was determined to be intense corporate lobbying brought on by chronic fear-mongering and an insidious infection of misinformation. By a vote of 69-28, the Amendment was pronounced dead at 2:47 pm local time with passage of the FISA bill. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to AccountabilityNow.

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”