They DON'T have the RIGHT to snoop. They have made people think that it's okay for them to if they "don't have anything to hide" and passed a piece of unconstitutional legislation to back them up and give them the power (note POWER, not RIGHT) to conduct illegal searches on the suspicion of terrorism, but not requiring enough evidence to obtain a proper warrant, which was already plenty easy to get through FISA.
Citizens DO have the following RIGHT:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
-Constitution of the United States of America, Amendment 4
Don't act like they have the right. They don't. They took rights from the citizens to give themselves power. That's not the same thing.
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