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There is lots of precedent for winding down wartime laws. Libertarians think governments want to be authoritarian for the sake of being authoritarian, but that
by lern_too_spel 5y ago
There is lots of precedent for winding down wartime laws. Libertarians think governments want to be authoritarian for the sake of being authoritarian, but that is not how democracy works.
- jaywalk 5y agoLet me know when the USA PATRIOT act finally expires (without pieces being made into permanent laws).
- lern_too_spel 5y agoMany parts of the USA PATRIOT Act have expired. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/31/411044789/live-blog-facing-midnight-deadline-the-senate-debates-parts-of-the-patriot-act https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/31/411044789... Other parts have been modified. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Freedom_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Freedom_Act