"There’s little room for indiscretions, imperfections, or acts of independence—especially not when the government can listen in on your phone calls, monitor your driving habits, track your movements, scrutinize your purchases and peer through the walls of your home."
"Subsequent reporters pushed back against the false claims the press secretary was making—namely that their family separation policy was 'the law' and not a specific policy choice pushed by President Trump and promoted at the DOJ by Sessions on multiple occasions."
"From the federal Department of Homeland Security down to local police departments, governmental use of biometric facial recognition software has gained a startling amount of traction in recent years. And these agencies are getting help from big business, to boot."
"There were two big temptations to the American Republic of the 1950s; subsequent generations gave in to both of them."
"The ACLU’s move from neutral protector of civil liberties to partisan advocate of liberal politics is both a symptom and consequence [of extremes gaining power]."
"China trails only the U.S. in the number of millionaires and billionaires. Globally, the ranks of the ultra-rich are expected to reach 671,000 by 2022."
"It is not just that power corrupts, it is that already corrupt people seek power."
"Few commentators are recognizing the vast peril to democracy posed by the sweeping prerogatives of federal agencies."
"The administration argued that it was just enforcing the law."
"The OLC argues that the presidential order, issued without authorization by or consultation with Congress, was nevertheless lawful because the president 'had reasonably determined that the use of force would be in the national interest and that the anticipated hostilities would not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense.'"