Similar thing here in Germany: Government brought up the so called "Vorratsdatenspeicherung" (data preservation law) again, only to prevent terrorist attacks. S

Similar thing here in Germany: Government brought up the so called "Vorratsdatenspeicherung" (data preservation law) again, only to prevent terrorist attacks. Similar laws where cancelled by our "Bundesverfassungsgericht" (German constitutional court) and also at the EuGH (EU constitutional court). But still they brought it up again, because "the terrorist danger is so high" ... and of course they said, that the data will only (we promise!) be used in these cases. Now, short time before the law shall be passed (it should be rushed threw the parliament, of course!), they added some additions to the law, that the data can be also used at any crimes committed in the internet. That is exactly, what was criticized by our constitutional courts before. The law makers try to install such laws again and again. They are not interested, whether it is constitutional or not. When they fail, they wait for the next terror activity and bring up the same bullshit again. That is the reason, why I come to believe, that our democratic systems are bound to fail (again). With so few people caring about our constitutional rights, we will loose them. The lack of care for the constitution allowed it, that the NSDAP "legally" changed a democracy to a dictatorship once before. It can happen again -- in any country.