rvg, some couple of years later?

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

They are good, but in order to kill them we broke our own laws and re-wrote the ones we didn't break. We live in a precedent-based society, and things like this always come back to bite you in the ass.

Well, they aren't really good because they were murdered.

Question: Which is better, dead OBL or OBL voluntarily wrapping himself in the US flag and painting a peace symbol on his turban?

I would argue about the always part. Either way, if those laws become a liability, we'll repeal them. If we decide that the president's job description allows allows him to do too much, we'll change it. That's the beauty of democracy.

Executive power naturally expands, especially in a democracy where people keep demanding the government "do" something.

Ergo Patrio Act = Bad.