I hadn’t even considered how many different clauses of the 6th Amendment have been undermined – there will be secret trials, not open to the public, where detainees are not allowed to examine or even have knowledge of the evidence against them, cannot confront the accusers, cannot compel some witnesses to give evidence, cannot have private counsel…

The Constitution and especially the Bill of Rights have been universally acclaimed as radical documents, and I guess most Americans now find them too radical to follow. What a shame – we used to be so proud of ourselves, and our high principles. All gone, flushed down the toilet by this administration, and by their enablers of both parties. I am ashamed, and I, for one, apoligise to the world. Sorry. We couldn’t live up to our principles.