Democrat Defends Rand Paul: Defending the Fourth Amendment Shouldn’t Be Partisan

‘The Fourth Amendment ... serves to keep the government from treating people as suspects’

Dem Rep Praises Rand Paul: ‘Shouldn’t Be a Partisan Difference in Upholding 4th Amendment’ (Mediaite)

Appearing on MSNBC to react to President Barack Obama speech defending the National Security Agency but laying out some reforms to its bulk data collection practices, Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) said he was “disappointed” in the circumspect reforms the president recommended. He agreed with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) who insisted that the NSA’s programs represent a violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.

Holt said that he was “disappointed” in the president’s defense of the NSA and said he believed it was “high time” that the 46 recommendations a five-person panel Obama commissioned to reform the NSA be implemented.

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