Every branch of the government has a duty to uphold the constitution including its protections. Further the constitution is the law suggesting it’s only their responsibility to uphold some laws is the root of a great number of issues.
That's not how the clandestine agencies like Congress to write laws though. They love to live in the spaces and gray areas created by vaguely written laws.
Insane framing of “we know the spirit of the law but we are going to do everything we can to skirt it”.
>The FBI’s job is only to investigate to the maximum extent of the law
Wrong, according to the FBI itself:
“The mission of the FBI is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States.”
https://www.fbi.gov/about/faqs/what-is-the-mission-of-the-fb...
Pray tell, how does warrantless spying on citizens help to uphold the 4th amendment?
This email just goes to show what this actually means in practice.