By Malcolm Lee Kitchen III | MK3 Law Group(c) 2026 – All rights reserved. The Oath and What It Means Every sworn defender of the Republic remembers the moment they raised their right hand and spoke those words: “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” That…
The Myth of Legislative Exclusivity By Malcolm Lee Kitchen III | MK3 Law Group(c) 2026 – All rights reserved. Most Americans learned a clean version of government in school. Congress writes the laws. The President enforces them. The courts interpret them. That model is tidy, easy to teach, and fundamentally incomplete. What actually governs daily…
By Malcolm Lee Kitchen III | MK3 Law Group(c) 2026 – All rights reserved. A declassified federal watchdog report reveals that the National Security Agency violated surveillance rules years after Edward Snowden’s 2013 disclosures, raising serious questions about the agency’s ability to protect Americans’ privacy rights under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.…
By Malcolm Lee Kitchen III | MK3 Law Group(c) 2026 – All rights reserved. Introduction Parts 1 and 2 of this series established two foundational points. First, the United States became a surveillance state through incremental construction: policy by policy, crisis by crisis, contract by contract. Second, the system was not built as a single…
Part 1 and Part 2 Combined By Malcolm Lee Kitchen III | MK3 Law Group(c) 2026 – All rights reserved. Introduction The United States did not build a surveillance state. It built a surveillance economy. That distinction matters. A state-run surveillance apparatus can, at least in theory, be dismantled through legislation, litigation, or political will.…