Obama sucks, but we shouldn’t simply blame Obama because that gives us a dangerous risk. When he is gone, we will feel like its “all better”” now.
The unpleasant truth is that in post 9/11 for all his good intentions which i’ll just give him, Bush created the structure of a police state. He started to use it too.
Obama came along and police state was the norm for the government he walked into, and he kicked it into high gear.
Which next president will ease off of surveillance and prosecution of journalists who expose government crimes against the constitutional republic? Hillary? Romney? Fauxcahontas? Ryan? Santorum? I cant think of any who are candidates. Have hopes for Cruz, but DC seems to corrupt nearly everyone into accepting the company line.
I cannot think of anyone who will disband Homeland security, or truly restrict the NSA and CIA.
Rand Paul. I do not support him (too many question marks there), but the answer to this problem is Rand Paul.
Your observation on “unpleasant truth” is on the money.
Each Administration or Branch operates with an established, basic SOP with attendant options. Thus whether a new law, weaselly interpretation of old law or an EO, it boils down to trusting the elected official.
One component of a solution may be requiring unambiguous “sunset clauses” written into laws or EO’s that appear at odds with the Constitution.
Boiled down to the dregs, I don’t trust any politician in an outhouse with a muzzle on. Even if proven wrong, I still advise keeping one eye on them if not assign a minder.