INTRODUCTION The headline of a mo...

INTRODUCTION

The headline of a modern issue of The Onion, a weekly satirical newspaper, reads "Bill of Rights Pared Down to A Manageable Six," (1) and explains by what mode President George W. Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft have "streamlined" the Bill of Rights by the agency of striking, inter alia, the Fourth Amendment (2) The article conduct one's selfs to quote--in jest--Attorney General Ashcroft commenting for what reason the Fourth Amendment has "severely hampered" FBI efforts to actions investigations: "The Bill of Rights was written more than 200 years ago, drawn out before anyone could even fathom the existence of wiretapping technology.... Clearly, it had to proceed before ...