by Sean Moran at Breitbart News
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) killed the Constitution Friday by casting the tie-breaking vote against requiring warrants for searches of Americans’ communications.
Massie wrote, “This is how the Constitution dies. By a tie vote, the amendment to require a warrant to spy on Americans goes down in flames. This is a sad day for America. The Speaker doesn’t always vote in the House, but he was the tie breaker today. He voted against warrants.”
This is how the Constitution dies.
By a tie vote, the amendment to require a warrant to spy on Americans goes down in flames.
This is a sad day for America.
The Speaker doesn’t always vote in the House, but he was the tie breaker today. He voted against warrants. pic.twitter.com/i49GnCzyPm
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 12, 2024
Sources familiar to Axios say that the Speaker was not the tie-breaking vote against warrant requirements; however, his vote against warrants still served as a tie-breaking vote to sink the amendment.
Massie spoke as the chamber tied on Rep. Andy Biggs’s (R-AZ) amendment to require a warrant for searches of Americans through Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 is a law that is meant to target foreign adversaries; however, it often surveils Americans’ communications without a warrant.
Americans overwhelmingly approve of warrant requirements. A YouGov poll…
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