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He’s running for the U.S. Senate, but 77-year-old erstwhile Republican and not fully come to Jesus Democrat John Bohlinger has his eye and mind on the Montana constitution.
And Montana’s constitution, he says, is no longer good enough. He wants to amend it through a constitutional initiative, reports the AP’s Matt Gouras:
Bohlinger says civil rights are threatened by warrantless invasions by the federal National Security Agency.
He said Tuesday he wants to expand constitutional restrictions on warrantless searches to cover digital communications. He says it would send a message to federal agencies.
He’s right about that. It would send a message to the feds. But sending a message is all it would do, given the federal government is the supreme law of the land. If Bohlinger wants to to curb the NSA through a constitutional amendment, he needs to amend the Constitution of the United States. Of course, he could accomplish the same thing by simply changing federal law.
So why is he proposing a feel-good amendment to Montana’s constitution? Have he and his advisors forgotten he’s running for a federal office?