Senator: Crime Victims Should Be Able to Sue Apple, Google for Encrypting Data

How about we let citizens sue members of congress for passing legislation that violates the constitution?<p>Instead of waiting years for the supreme court to maybe take a case, we should be able to take them to court where they have to meet a burden of proof to prove the constitution authorizes the legislation (Every line of it) and if they fail they are personally liable if they voted for it (or signed it in the case of the president.)<p>Putting their own necks on the line might instill some discipline.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) was first elected in 2006, meaning he is up for re-election in November 2018. In 2012, he was the only candidate for the Democratic party and then beat his Republican opponent 64.81% to 34.97%. [1]<p>Who among you would be willing to allocate volunteer-hours to help a civil-libertarian Democrat running to unseat him in 2018? Who among you would be willing to lead such a team? If politicians spend hours upon hours raising money that they can use to pay campaign workers, how would they feel knowing that an opponent has such a team already?<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island,_2012#Democratic_primary" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;United_States_Senate_election_...</a>

Great idea. Let&#x27;s also allow crime victims to sue car companies who make getaway cars.

The Democrats are supposed to support sound science. In practice, the supposedly enlightened left is often confused on these subjects (see also: support for the TSA).<p>Are there no progressive think-tanks willing to step up in the tech policy department and educate Democratic politicians?

So I guess we can also sue gun companies that make murder weapons, right?