Originally Posted by Bart
I've seen real police states. We aren't there. However, I agree that there is certainly a danger of becoming one, and we need to exercise caution. Judicial review is still alive and well in spite of the rhetoric you read or choose to believe.
To use the TSA agrument, we must take care to preserve our freedoms out of "an abundance of caution" to prevent us from becoming a police state.
Seriously though, judicial review is still there, but it is being challenged. The executive branch is already pushing things to say that things shouldn't be tried in court because of state secrets. If they had their way, I think judicial review would be trashed. However, fortunately for now anyway, the courts aren't buying that argument.