On: US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records without warrant

[JoeAltmaier]

This was supposed to be an important freedom; a pivotal one in fact. It deserves more protection than "oopsie! Ok we promise to stop violating the rights of untold thousands".

I think it shows considerable restraint, to ask for the incarceration of a handful of offenders, compared to the flagrant abuse of the rest of everybody.

[JumpCrisscross → JoeAltmaier]

> was supposed to be an important freedom

It is. But that’s not how voters see it. Electorally, pushing for incarceration is a few steps behind “defund the police.”