Warrantless

Word WARRANTLESS
Character 11
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈwɒɹəntləs/

Definitions and meanings of "Warrantless"

What do we mean by warrantless?

(of a search, arrest, or the like) Performed without a warrant.

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The word "warrantless" in example sentences

The President admits that on forty-five different occasions he granted authorization for wiretapping without a FISA court warrant -- what I call warrantless wiretapping, outside the law. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Now you, too, can engage in warrantless wiretapping! ❋ Unknown (2009)

This a question Hatch asked to Holder upon his confirmation: Hatch: Now, do you believe that the president has whoever is POTUS has inherent authority under Article 2 of the Constitutional to engage in warrantless foreign intell surveillance? ❋ Unknown (2009)

CNN: Government held liable in warrantless wiretapping case ❋ Unknown (2010)

AT&T billing site makes jokes about company's participation in warrantless wiretapping? ❋ Unknown (2008)

In addition to Marty's and my posts on why the proposed FISA bill gives the President a blank check to engage in warrantless electronic surveillance, it appears that the Specter bill also gives the President a blank check to engage in warrantless physical searches -- i.e. breaking and entering -- as long as he claims that he is engaged in foreign intelligence surveillance. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Several courts of appeals held, pre-FISA, that the President has "inherent" constitutional authority to engage in warrantless electronic surveillance for purposes of foreign affairs or national security, even where such surveillance might intercept communications of U.S. persons -- at least as long as the surveillance passes Fourth Amendment muster. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Thus, even if those courts of appeals you cite were correct that the President would have "inherent" constitutional authority to engage in warrantless electronic surveiilance, FISA placed limits on such surveillance and specifically restricted the President from doing what his "inherent" powers might allow. ❋ Unknown (2006)

(Barney Frank to the same effect: "What we now have is a Congressional leadership, the Republican part of which has said it is okay for law enforcement to engage in warrantless searches of the average citizen, now objecting when a search, pursuant to a validly issued warrant, is conducted of a Member of Congress.") ❋ Unknown (2006)

McClellan said the Clinton-Gore administration had engaged in warrantless physical searches, and he cited an FBI search of the home of CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames without permission from a judge. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Bill Frist apparently liked the way that one worked out, so much so that he tried the same trick Monday when Russ Feingold introduced a resolution censuring George W. Bush for engaging in warrantless spying on American citizens and misleading the country about it. ❋ Unknown (2006)

That bill was intended to ensure that the standing objections that the government is sure to raise -- and already has raised -- would not bar courts from addressing the merits of the serious Fourth Amendment and Separation of Powers issues raised by the government's decision to engage in warrantless wiretapping without complying with FISA. ❋ Unknown (2006)

We don’t see the connection in warrantless wiretaps and winning the war in Iraq. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I’m sure Bill Kristol wishes Bill Clinton had engaged in warrantless survellience of U.S. Citizens. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The first is the so-called warrantless wiretapping of international calls by the National Security Agency. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Just mention the idea of warrantless wiretaps and expect to get hit up with a congressional investigation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I looked at Obama's experience as a professor of Constitutional law at UChicago, a refreshing change from President Bush, who often ignores the Constitution he swore to uphold, and Senator McCain, who recently called warrantless wiretapping a presidential prerogative. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We have a clearer picture now of Vice President Cheney's role in pressuring the Justice Department to approve a secret surveillance program, the so-called warrantless wiretap program. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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