1}the NSA program violates the First and Fourth Amendments of the United States Constitution. The program authorizes the NSA to intercept the private communications of people who the government has no reason believe have committed or are planning to commit any crime, without first obtaining a warrant or any prior judicial approval. 2}In response to widespread domestic surveillance abuses committed by the Executive Branch and exposed in the 1960s and 1970s, Congress enacted legislation that provides the exclusive means by which electronic surveillance and the interception of domestic wire, oral and electronic communications may be conducted. Congress enacted two statutes which impose strict limits on domestic surveillance, including prior judicial approval -- Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), passed in 1978. 3}NSA program violates the First and Fourth Amendments of the United States Constitution. 4} 1= nat'l security trumps rights, as in the case of korematsu v us 2] the way american citizens' electronic communications are being watched is the only way to track down terrorists [theres no way to do it consitutionally] because you cant get probable clause [not done]