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What civil liberties have been eroded?
by brown9-2 14y ago
What civil liberties have been eroded?
- bmelton 14y agoHe extended the PATRIOT act, is potentially skirting the fifth amendment, and is trying to seriously infringe the second amendment. Edit: If you disagree with my assertions, you can make your own informed opinion based on this data: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/subjects/civil-rights/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/su...
- jtc331 14y agoHe also signed into law a further restriction of the 1st amendment; it's now legal for the secret service to a.) be sent to guard any arbitrary person and b.) to arrest anyone demonstrating (like just holding a sign) within a specific distance from said protected person.
- darkarmani 14y ago> and is trying to seriously infringe the second amendment. Oh, come on. Free speech is way more infringed than the second amendment and all anyone cares about is firearms which are more dangerous than useful against tyranny.
- bmelton 14y agoJust because chose to excerpt my statement down to the second amendment doesn't mean that it's the only one I care about. It's also not all that "anyone" cares about.
- sixQuarks 14y agoWell,the fact that the president now has the right to kill an American citizen with no due process is a pretty good example.
- kyboren 14y agoThe president now asserts the right, but he does not actually have it. If our ossified judicial system has any remaining merit, he will (eventually) be called to account for his unlawful use of military force--assuming his successor doesn't pull a Ford and pardon him. EDIT: Good point.
- parasubvert 14y agoHow about the unlawful use of torture by the prior regime? This stuff goes back a ways, are you going to put every living former commander in chief on trial?
- saalweachter 14y agoAlso, it was Gerald Ford that pardoned Nixon. LBJ was the successor to Kennedy.