There can be no danger, that a free people will not be sufficiently watchful over their rulers, and their acts, and opinions, when they are known and avowed; or, that they will not find representatives in congress ready to oppose improper measures, or sound the alarm upon arbitrary encroachments.
Rather, we have construed the Amendment "'in light of contemporary norms and conditions,'" Steagald v. United States, supra, at 217, n. 10, quoting Payton v. New York, supra, at 591, n. 33, in order to prevent "any stealthy encroachments" on our citizens' right to be free of arbitrary official intrusion, [p218] Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616, 635 (1886).
The courts, the permanent bureaucracy (Steve Bannon's "deep state"), the media, and the American citizenry have responded in commendable fashion, resisting the encroachments of an arbitrary and unhinged President.
Conservatives generally champion negative rights:"immunities" from government encroachments on freedom of speech, assembly, religion and contract, and protections for property and against arbitrary arrest or search.
There was other evidence of Pentagon encroachment.
Sceptics reply that evidence of encroachment abounds.
But the encroachment here is not small.
"It's completely arbitrary.
