Your post brings up some good points: Precedent is important. Also, being aware of your rights and theirs precedents in history is important. The Constitution

Your post brings up some good points: Precedent is important. Also, being aware of your rights and theirs precedents in history is important. The Constitution is entirely written in a manner that grants citizens rights and restrains government power. Someday we might get so ignorant that the government decides pulling a fast one on citizens is possible, therefore they try. (See Patriot Act, NDAA,. etc.)