Fourth Amendment Protection Act

The Fourth Amendment Protection Acts, are a collection of state legislation aimed at bulk data collection. Specific examples include the Kansas Fourth Amendment Preservation and Protection Act and the Arizona Fourth Amendment Protection Act. They are proposed nullification laws. The proposals were made in 2013 and 2014 by legislators in the American states of Utah, Washington, Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and California. If enacted as law, they would prohibit the state governments from co-operating with the National Security Agency, whose mass surveillance efforts are seen as unconstitutional by the proposals' proponents. Some of the bills would require a warrant before information could be released, whereas others would forbid state universities from doing NSA research or hosting NSA recruiters,[1] or prevent the provision of services such as water to NSA facilities.[2][3][4][5] The bills are based on a model act provided by the Tenth Amendment Center and Offnow.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "California Lawmakers Introduce Fourth Amendment Protection Act, push back against NSA spying" (Press release). 2014-01-06. Blocks public universities from serving as NSA research facilities or recruiting grounds.
  2. ↑ Vijayan, Jaikumar (2014-01-07), California lawmakers move to bar state help to NSA, Computer World, The Utah bill aims to prohibit state and local agencies from providing water to a giant new NSA data center near Salt Lake City.
  3. ↑ Madison, Tiffany (2013-12-11), Arizona senator moves to ban unconstitutional NSA spying, Washington Times, Arizona Sen. Kelli Ward announced Monday that she will act to ban the National Security Agency from unconstitutional operations in her state. Ward describes her nullification legislation, the Fourth Amendment Protection Act, as a pre-emptive strike against the embattled agency.
  4. ↑ Greenhut, Steven (2014-01-06), Not taking liberties with legislative session, San Diego Union-Tribune, SB 828 would prohibit the state government, its employees and contractors from assisting the federal government in collecting metadata unless it is 'based on a warrant that describes the person, place and thing to be searched.'
  5. ↑ Rothschild, Scott (2014-01-06), Shawnee legislator files Fourth Amendment Protection Act, Shawnee Dispatch, [...] would prevent state/local agencies in Kansas from searching or obtaining personal electronic data [...] without a warrant [...]
  6. ↑ US senators propose bill to shut off NSA's water supply in California, TV-Novosti, 2014-01-07, Based on the model legislation—the Fourth Amendment Protection Act—first drafted by the Tenth Amendment Center and activists at the Offnow coalition [...]
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