For the last couple of hundred years, there have been struggles about this. Even the Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the constitution talk about personal rights.
Noam ChomskyUS wars are going to be against much weaker enemies. And they have to be won quickly and decisively before a popular reaction develops.
Noam ChomskyA default of the US government would not only be very harmful here, it would probably send the country back into deep recession, but it just might crash the international financial system.
Noam Chomsky