A Nation of Sheep

Picture this: The Constitution prohibits Congress from abridging free speech. But suddenly, Congress has made it a crime to talk about receiving self-written search warrants from an FBI agent. 

Picture this: The Constitution guarantees speedy, fair jury trials with defense counsel, but all of the sudden,  Congress authorizes the president to dispense with those rights if the U.S. military has incarcerated you in Cuba.

And one more: The Constitution guarantees that the government can only force you to sell your house to it if it  plans a public use of the property. But now the Supreme Court is telling the government it can sell your house to your neighbor, against your will.

These are not Hollywood movie plots but recent, unhappy history. They are just a few events in the sad history of liberty lost to an out-of-control government that we have sheepishly permitted to subvert our rights.