No Emergency Exception in the Constitution
After the 9/11 attacks, US officials used the “emergency” to wield and exercise extraordinary totalitarian-like powers. This was reflected by such totalitarian-like measures as the USA PATRIOT Act, warrantless telecommunications surveillance, torture, indefinite...
May the US Government’s Ban on Making Liquor at Home End Soon?
Cracking down on freedom related to alcohol was one of the early emergences of authoritarian tendencies in the United States government, as demonstrated by President George Washington leading troops to confront people in Pennsylvania who were participating in what...