Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

September 25, 2009

Now that an ambitious left-wing Democrat is in the Oval Office, conservatives may be willing to help undo some of the damage that was done to the Bill of Rights during the eight years of Bush?s misrule.

One good place to begin would be repealing the so-called USA PATRIOT act. Among the numerous abuses begotten by that odious measure is the increasingly common use of ?sneak and peek? or ?black bag? searches.

?Sneak and peek? searches are supposedly necessary as a way of investigating terrorist suspects. However, according to a July report by the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, of the 763 ?sneak and peek? applications filed in 2008, only three dealt in any way with terrorism. The others involved routine criminal investigations.

Conservatives are understandably alarmed to see Obama exercising the powers Bush accumulated. It?s a pity they didn?t have the minimal foresight necessary to oppose that expansion of power in the first place.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.