He also signed into law a further restriction of the 1st amendment; it's now legal for the secret service to a.) be sent to guard any arbitrary person and b.) to arrest anyone demonstrating (like just holding a sign) within a specific distance from said protected person.
> and is trying to seriously infringe the second amendment.
Oh, come on. Free speech is way more infringed than the second amendment and all anyone cares about is firearms which are more dangerous than useful against tyranny.
Just because chose to excerpt my statement down to the second amendment doesn't mean that it's the only one I care about. It's also not all that "anyone" cares about.
The president now asserts the right, but he does not actually have it. If our ossified judicial system has any remaining merit, he will (eventually) be called to account for his unlawful use of military force--assuming his successor doesn't pull a Ford and pardon him.
How about the unlawful use of torture by the prior regime? This stuff goes back a ways, are you going to put every living former commander in chief on trial?
