The fourth amendment literally describes privacy. I mean *literally* as in, its wording is the exact same, point for point, as the definition of privacy. This is not an interpretation.

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The fourth amendment literally describes privacy. I mean literally as in, its wording is the exact same, point for point, as the definition of privacy. This is not an interpretation.

the only way (for nearly 100% of known history) for a people to take back a right that has been taken away is with force or the threat of force. (IE REVOLT or threaten too)

Holy shit, kid. Read a history book.

the only way to fight that is with more power and that means education of the populace and a motivation to act on that information.

Well, no. That's not the point at all. For example, scholars working within the field of critical legal studies would tell you that there are better and worse ways of structuring power, and that power itself is not problematic (someone must have it, after all).

You seem to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions;

Not at all. Every government actor from the President to Senators to state governors to any of the courts of the states or the federal system engage in constitutional interpretation. The Supreme Court has the final say in the matter, however.

Our judges are as honest as other men, and not more so.

Did you miss the part where I am a board-certified appellate attorney? Pick an appellate court of the State of Texas -- I've argued in front of them. Fifth Circuit? Courts in the Southern, Western, and Northern Districts of Texas. Me. I have more experience with judges, good and bad, than you do. I've sat there beside my clients and said, "hey, be strong, because we're gonna appeal this all the way up. What they did isn't right!" Have you? Have you stood in front of the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin and made an argument that you knew if you screwed up would affect the way lawyers practice in the entire state?

Because I have. But you know what? I'm a part of the system. I exist within it, and if I cannot trust that system, if I despair because some judges are corrupt and some are ignorant and some are honest, then why am I a part of it? But I also see the good the system can do. I see the good I do, so not, I won't join you in despairing about the system, because it works. Even when people get things wrong, the system still works. It's adversarial. It's deliberative. It relies on advocacy and the skill of attorneys. And it works.

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