Decker you said "Specific freedoms I have lost include my 4th amendment right to privacy (FISA spying/Patriot Act I & II) . . . ." So has the government been spying on you or not?
It doesn't matter.
So stop your rantings defending our Police State b/c it's not going to get you anywhere.
The fact of the matter is, is that the Bush Administration was caught red-handed authorizing vast spying sweeps of the american public without probable cause.
The simple fact that the president is spying on americans without a warrant and no probable cause is enough to damage all of our 4th amendment rights. My personal factual showing of injury is not necessary to show that the 4th Am is being damaged by the Bush Administration. A whistleblower has already shown that.
'The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.'
Do you believe the 4th amendment right to freedom from unreasonable searches has been damaged by Bush's spying on US citizens?