Question: Does the Bill of Rights protect citizens from government excess?  Nearly everyone will agree that it does.  The very reason we have a Bill of Rights is to protect you, the citizen, against abuses by government. Next question: Can the government use the Bill of Rights as a shield in order to violate your constitutional rights? Nearly everyone would say this is the opposite of what the Constitution is designed to do.  Yet, in practice, that is precisely what happens.  Here's how. Government officials confidently commit crimes against you, against your nation, and against your Constitution.  Their confidence, their arrogance, really, stems in large part from the fact that, if and when their crimes come to light, they can hide behind the Fifth Amendment.  Perverting your right to be protected from them, they shield themselves behind your rights while violating your rights. Is this not the definition of tyranny? This perversion...(Read Full Post)