Anonymous Republican Senator Blocking Bill That Would Require Search Warrants For E-Mail Searches
A bill that would require law enforcement to obtain a search warrant before searching email accounts has been blocked by an unknown Republican:
An anonymous Republican senator has delayed a vote on legislation that would require police to obtain a warrant before accessing emails and other online messages.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) pushed for a vote on the bill before Congress left for its August recess. He secured unanimous support from Democrats, but at least one Republican objected to the bill, according to a Democratic Senate aide.
Leahy had hoped to fast-track the bill to passage with unanimous support, but the opposition means a vote will be delayed until at least September.
A Leahy aide said the senator will continue to work with Republicans to address their concerns. The Senate could pass the legislation without unanimous support, but it would take up valuable floor time to override a filibuster.
It is unclear which Republican or Republicans objected to the bill, S. 607.
Way to uphold the Constitution Republicans!
Boom Baby yeah……………….
so, if the senator is anonymous, how is it we know it is a Republican?
Even ignoring that aspect, do not make the mistake of assuming GOP equals conservative.
@Bithead:
Time for you to get educated!
I’m probably just wasting time trying to explain things to you…
Republicans only like certain parts of the Constitution. Really only the part that allows them to give guns to children so that they can shoot themselves and their little friends.
Shorter bithead: I dispute the facts out of ignorance, but if correct, no true Scotsman.
+C Clavin:
And the only part of the Constitution that Democrats like is the part that says they don’t have to incriminate themselves under oath.
@ John…
Keep lying to yourself…it clearly is working for you.
@Eric Florack:
Oh, I don’t know why anyone would think it’s a Republican. This is from the imbedded link:
Well, maybe it’s just me but …. I’m thinking that we know it’s a Republican because Leahy has unanimous support from Democrats.
@Eric Florack again demonstrates
“Quod nescis aut non libet cogitare.”
@ Florack
Well, since in the year 2013 conservative no longer equals conservative, you should probably not stay up late sweating it.
Anyone wanna bet its McCain?
@Jeff: “Anyone wanna bet its McCain? ”
Not a chance — because it’s an anonymous hold. McCain won’t take a leak without running to all the Sunday shows to announce it.
@PJ: fine, far as you go. you’ve still not shown the holdup isn’t a Democrat.
@Bithead:
As I suspected… maybe you need a story with pictures?
Here’s a hint, the Senator has told his or her party leadership that he or she wants to put a hold on the bill. In this case, it’s a Republican Senator, that information is then given to the leadership of the majority, the Democrats. They have no clue who the Senator is and that’s why The Hill is reporting that it’s an unnamed Republican and not a Democrat.
Anybody have any reason why holds are allowed to be anonymous? There must be some history on the rationale.
@Eric Florack:
Yes, given that Senator Leahy has UNANIMOUS support from Democrats, there is virtually no way to know or to infer that the hold-up is a Republican.
It’s worth noting that finding a way to blame Democrats is far more important to bithead that protecting what is left of our privacy…
@al-Ameda:
In Bithead’s feverish mind, all Democrats lie, all the time. That explains it all.
The fact that if that had been the case here then the Republicans would have been able to point at the Democrats yelling liars, doesn’t seem to have entered his mind….
I bet one fun token that the Republican Senator in question is one from South Carolina named after a cracker.
BTW, I don’t know why this Senator wants to keep his hold secret. After all, if he’s not doing anything wrong, he’s got nothing to hide, right?
So, then, can we go through the Senate’s email without a warrant, to figure out who this guy is? Maybe then we can go through his email without a warrant.
It’s not an anonymous senator holding things up, it’s Mitch McConnell, aka TurtleBoy.
He may be doing so at the request of an anonymous Republican senator, but it’s TurtleBoy doing the legwork.
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