While I agree 100%, that the Patriot Act is literally an end-run on our Bill of Rights, and is the anthesis of the U. S. Constitution, just remember the Patriot Act was passed with BIPARTISAN support and a great too many American citizens cheering on its creation!
I have said it since the beginning, the Patriot Act was a BROADSIDE ATTACK on the Bill of Rights, fundamentally changing how those rights were viewed and “allowed” to be used...and it was done NOT with a Constitutional Amendment, but just a few votes and a swift pen, and We the People had our rights taken away just like that!
“Star Chamber” courts are not something the Constitution mentions, the last time I read it. As a matter of fact, the courts and expectations concerning our justice system point to an open, fair, fast judicial system. Not ONE of those words describes the debacle we have today!
“Not ONE of those words describes the debacle we have today!”
The “Constitution” failed decades ago.