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Originally Posted by JoshGirls Josh
The declaration of independence is a laundry list of british laws & practices the americans found to be illegal. just like snowden supporters find PRISM & the patriot act to be illegal.
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The U.S. government is composed of the Legislative branch and the Executive branch which enact laws. The Judicial branch decides what laws...those two branches enact...are legal or illegal. The people of America have provided these branches of government with that power. All three branches of government have agreed that Prism and the Patriot act are currently legal...although on several occasions since the original Patriot act was enacted the Supreme Court has knocked parts of it down.
Snowden and Manning do not get to decide what is legal or illegal...they both made sworn oaths and they both violated their oaths.