Ah, we do have something of a free press, unless of course, you ask people like Julian Assange. Perhaps we could also ask certain conservative media people about the "Fairness Doctrine" promulgated by the FCC or perhaps discuss the desire by persons within the government for an Internet Kill-Switch.
The right to bear arms is under attack all over the place in the U.S. despite the clear Constitutional prohibition against infringing it. The "open carry debate" in California is but one small example of this.
As for self-incrimination, well waterboarding, enhanced interrogation, presumption of guilt extra-judicial proceedings, executive abridgement of habeus corpus... Are you sure we are referencing the same Constitution and society?
Re: The status quo hasn't held.
The right to bear arms is under attack all over the place in the U.S. despite the clear Constitutional prohibition against infringing it. The "open carry debate" in California is but one small example of this.
As for self-incrimination, well waterboarding, enhanced interrogation, presumption of guilt extra-judicial proceedings, executive abridgement of habeus corpus... Are you sure we are referencing the same Constitution and society?