[supercat]

...in other words, in writing the Constitution, the "willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do" was set in place for the United States by the people of the United States.

It has been recognized since time immemorial that maintaing order requires that people cede to lawful authority some of their descretion about what they do. Rudy's usage of the term "great deal" seems to demand a much broader concession of liberty.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Oh please...

The topic is whether the people cede a great deal of authority over to governing bodies in order to secure freedom.

By the time that we cover the Federal Constitution, State Constitutions, Federal codes, State, county, and municipal codes, traffic laws, business regulations, etc, I'd say that we have ceded a GREAT DEAL