Elected officials Quote by Bobby Jindal

The Department of Justice believes, and the case law supports, that the president has inherent authority to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence…

— Jamie Gorelick

The government can still conduct clandestine searches of innocent people's private information such as library, medical, and financial records. This is wrong and should…

— Jose Serrano

Yet far from putting any meaningful constraints on law enforcement in this war, the U.S. Supreme Court has given the police license to stop…

— Michelle Alexander

I think it's reasonable that the government, when it has a warrant from a court, when it's exposed to scrutiny by a legal process…

— Edward Snowden

Finally, this case should serve as yet another reminder of just how dangerous and volatile these police home invasions really are, and why we…

— Radley Balko

The idea that the president doesn't interfere in law-enforcement investigative matters is one of our deep normative expectations of the modern presidency. But it…

— Benjamin Wittes

I believe investigative agencies should be run in an autonomous manner, and there shouldn't be any interference from the government's side.

— Piyush Goyal

Police have two rights that even the president does not have, the right to take liberty and to take life. Those are dear to…

— Eric Adams

At the Justice Department, we have no greater obligation than ensuring all people are treated equally under the law, and Americans must know that…

— Sally Yates

It's not the function of Congress to do criminal investigations.

— Saxby Chambliss

Agencies and the executive branch need to enforce the law. They don't need to fill in the spaces if Congress doesn't act.

— Scott Pruitt

The NSA is forbidden to 'target' American citizens, green-card holders or companies for surveillance without an individual warrant from a judge.

— Barton Gellman