Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131228:19:05:00
Unconstitutional. the rulings come as the president right now is considering the recommendations of a panel assigned to review surveillance programs. peter swire is a law professor at georgia tech and is a member of that panel appointed by the president. good to see you. how do you explain these opposing decisions? >> well, i think you can explain it as changing technology puts pressure on the law. the judge in the 1970s, the supreme court said if you got people's list of phone numbers, that ordinary people didn't have an expectation of prif privacy in that. it was just a list of phone numbers...