We must end the notion that an emergency justifies violating civil liberties.
(A) Civil liberties are ESPECIALLY for perceived emergencies [Moment 219],
and
(B) violating civil liberties IS our greatest emergency [Moment 229,
We must end the notion that an emergency justifies violating civil liberties
I’ll face your emergency WAY before I’ll face your authoritarian remedy
Fascinating time for this to come to my inbox - I'm reading a book about Watergate and the first premise of the book is that the President has authority to arbitrarily suspend civil liberties in times of national emergency (like the Whiskey and Shays Rebellions)