being with us tonight thanks as always tom and his dissent in this case just as bob rocker quoted william pitt british prime minister during the eighteenth century who famously said this is about british while the poorest man may in his cottage defiance to all the photos of the crown it may be frail its roof may shake the wind may blow through it the storm may enter the rain may enter but the king of england cannot enter all his forest dares not cross the threshold of the ruined a tenement. unfortunately today we're regressing slowly but surely courts around the nation are rolling back our rights in this case our right to privacy in our own homes at the same time courts are handing over more and more rights to giant corporations and for misbehaving police officers so how did the courts particularly the supreme court where this case will ultimately be decided get all these powers that's actually a fascinating story and it goes back to eighteen zero three actually in seventeen eighty nine when the constitution was ratified the constitution makes no reference none whatsoever to the supreme court

it was william pitt in england who commented that the wind and the rain can enter my house, but the king cannot. it captured the spirit and understanding of the balance between personal privacy, personal freedoms and issues of the crown regarding maintenance of security. and it was this underpinning that came -- this foundation that came in for our fourth amendment of our constitution, that lays out clear standards for the protection of privacy and freedoms. so, as we have wrestled with the standards set out in the patriot act, a standard which says the government may have access to records that are relevant to an investigation -- no that term is on the face -- now, that term son the face quite broad and expansive, quite a low standard, if you will. but what happens when it's interpreted out of the sight of this chamber, out of the sight of the american people? that is the issue my colleague has raised. it's a very important issue. and i aplods the chair of intelligence for laying out a process whereby we all can wrestle with this issue in an appropriate venue and have a path for amendme

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and let's take william pitt's declaration in 1763. he said, "the poorest may in his cottage bid his defiance to all the forces of the crowd, the storm may interks the rain may enter, but the king of england may not enter." that is the philosophy embedded in william pitt's declaration of the sanctity of a man's home that underwrote the principle of the fourth amendment, and that reads as follows: "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized." the fourth amendment is powerful protection of personal privacy from the overreach of government. and how does that compare in contrast to the patriot act that is before us? let me tell you the standard that is in the patriot act for the government to seize your papers, to search your papers, and that standard is simpl