The tidal wave that's swept over us during this Century's technological tsunami has changed everything from family relations to foreign relations, from the way we do business to the way we teach school, from the nature of crime to the nature of war. The necessary response from lawyers and legislators has been lagging far behind what is needed. That is the context -- and the contrast -- in which Judge Leon's Klayman decision takes on its powerful and encouraging significance.
For more, see "Judge Leon: NSA Surveillance Unconstitutional; When Difference of Degree Becomes Difference of Kind," http://fromdc2iowa.blogspot.com/2013/12/judge-leon-nsa-surveillance.html