SB - End the NSA's Spying Act (Final Vote)

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I am not even sure how this could be enforced. Part of what makes the surveillance state so insidious is the talent the NSA has for operating sub rosa. They could probably pretend to comply while just changing their mode of operation, and we would never know barring another Snowden.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Doesn't this need a sponsor?

     Bills that pass from one chamber to the other have traditionally lacked for sponsors. I see above that you requested to assume sponsorship. I have been advised that I can take over these threads in VP Goldwater's absence, so I will do so.

     Senators have 24 hours to object to Senator Scott's assumption of sponsorship.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Looking over this, it doesn't look like we ever worked out whether this bill was even needed or if previous bills already managed to cover these bases. With that said, I will vote AYE because we badly need to work through the backlog of House-passed bills and passing this is at worst a neutral occurrence.