I wish the Preamble to the Constitution stated the government exists to provide Liberty and not Security.
And I wish the US Supreme Court had some sort of governing document which said the same thing -- the Court exists to uphold the US Constitution and to provide Liberty and not Security.
I do not want to live in a Safe society.
I want to live in a Free society..
Most people don't want any bad thing to ever happen to anyone anywhere. I think most of our problems stem from this. Patrick Henry said "Give me Liberty or give me Death" and we are now about a million miles away from that.
“And I wish the US Supreme Court had some sort of governing document which said the same thing — the Court exists to uphold the US Constitution and to provide Liberty and not Security.”
That governing document happily exists. See Article VI, U. S. Constitution:
“This Constitution, and all the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof . . . shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every state shall be bound thereby . . .”
Note well the words: “made in Pursuance thereof.”
Reminds me of Mussolini’s great quote: “We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty.”