> <i>The DHS engaged in witness tampering (denying Dr Ibrahim and her witnesses access to the courtroom by putting the on the no-fly list) and argued that neither Dr Ibrahim nor her lawyers should be allowed to see the evidence against her</i><p>I was going to write about the gross abuse of power and how we should change the people and the system but I think their thuggery is so obvious we don't have to belabor the obvious and the more appropriate thing to say is: What a bunch of assholes.
Despite its imperfections, the US Constitution's very measured and explicit introduction of independent branches of government with checks and balances between them strikes me as one of the greatest political innovations of all time. It's right up there with representative rule.
Looks like a continuation of <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6850408" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6850408</a>