"The great fear is that when the government has the power to strip some people of basic rights, it cannot be easily limited. Fundamental protections of our democracy are lost, and for no gain. We have seen time and again that terrorists can be successfully prosecuted without stripping them of their rights during the process...
In a further example of the slippery slope of "public safety" arguments, yesterday NewÂ
York District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled that torture doesn't violate due process.
