Reply #3: In my mind [View All]

[Fovea]

the LA Times has this exactly right.

Indeed, the government's 'war on terror' is not a valid reason
to shred the constitution. That would be just as true for wars against any other abstract noun.

Similarly I would oppose torture as a tool in the war on toothdecay (a much more physical threat),
I would oppose suspension of due process in the war on obesity, willy p in the war on inflation is also a bad idea.

But it all started with the trashing of the 4th amdendment in the 'war on drugs' so obviously fake wars are the best way to shred the constitution.