What's especially frustrating is that there really isn't a penalty for violating these rights. The people have to fight tooth and nail to push the gov't back to

What's especially frustrating is that there really isn't a penalty for violating these rights. The people have to fight tooth and nail to push the gov't back to the point where they respect privacy rights. At the end of the struggle, if the people win their rights back, we're just back to where we were supposed to be and there's nothing to stop the gov't from trying again. It's a battle of bulges. They cross the line in one place, we push them back. They cross again in another place, we push them back again. Without penalties, there's no end to this.