[ArrogantBustard]

Anyway, this incident doesn't change anything. The reality in the United States has been like this for a couple decades, at least. The government NEVER admits doing anything unacceptable, not even after it loses in court.

Right. The Constitution is dead. The Republic is dead. The only real question, from a forensic or historic perspective, is "when did they die?"

[Boogieman]

The Civil War was the first step towards tyranny, because the union ceased to be a voluntary association formed for self government, and the states lost any pretense they had of being sovereign constituents of the former union.