Barack Obama

This argument of whether things are legal or not as a justification is not the right approach. It is the exact same approach that lead to the Holocaust being a "legal" progrom. I'm not trying to criticize anyone or blame anyone for trying to bring about another Holocaust, that is not what I am saying, I'm just trying to let folks know that we studied this stuff in great detail when I was a kid, how the Holocaust happened, under the banner of "never again."

When I was a child they were still studying it. My mother worked in mental health and actually was involved (very remotely) in the discussions of whether or not it was ethical to use the knowledge gained through Dr. Mengele's horrible experiments. People had not faced these questions before and they also had to deal with nuclear detente. They had to walk and chew gum.

The more correct way to look at this question, IMHO, is to ask if we want to try and keep our constitutional republic (rule of law), or should we continue moving toward embracing a system of democratic fascism (rule by the manipulated majority), because that is what we are talking about here if we allow our Constitution to be brushed aside so easily. It has happened before in fairly recent history.