Reply #5: Homeland security is chipping away at a lot

[lawladyprof]

I have sometimes made the statement that Americans cannot be proud of our vaunted constitutional protections/civil liberties if they are only suitable when the country does not face any threats. How can we feel superior to other countries or cultures for not having our system of law, due process and the like, when they were facing threats that the US appeared to be immune from? Were/are our beloved Constitution and our freedoms products of our moral superiority or merely the fact that we were safe?