Freedoms Lost Under Bush
By Chuck Baldwin
September 24, 2002
Those who believe that the Bush administration is truly trying to
protect American freedoms are either ignorant or deluded. The fact
is, we have lost more liberties since G.W. Bush became president
than during any administration since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Associated Press provided the following list of some of the
fundamental liberties that have been lost under Bush:
- FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION: Government may monitor
religious and political institutions without suspecting criminal
activity to assist terror investigations
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- FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: Government has closed once-
public immigration hearings, has secretly detained hundreds of
people without charges, and has encouraged bureaucrats to resist
public records questions.
- FREEDOM OF SPEECH: Government may prosecute librarians
or keepers of any other records if they tell anyone that the
government subpoenaed information related to a terror
investigation.
- RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION: Government may
monitor federal prison jailhouse conversations between attorneys
and clients, and deny lawyers to Americans accused of crimes.
- FREEDOM FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES:
Government may search and seize Americans' papers and effects
without probable cause to assist terror investigation.
- RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL: Government
may jail Americans indefinitely without a trial.
- RIGHT TO LIBERTY: Americans may be jailed without being
charged or being able to confront witnesses against them.
The most disturbing thing about this is the total apathy and
indifference of the vast majority of the American people to these
tyrannical abridgments of our freedoms. Beyond that, people who
shout the loudest about protecting our freedoms are also the
loudest supporters of a man who has done much to eviscerate our
freedoms.
Because of the broad support of conservatives and Christians, Bush
has been able to do what Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and Janet Reno
could never do: dismantle our constitutional, God-given liberties.
© Chuck Baldwin
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