I came across this excellent article by Radley Balko on Joe Huffman’s Blog this morning. While I agree with everything it says, especially this part -

Every right we have stems from government’s recognition that we, the people, are born with our rights intact. We own them. We have property in them. We voluntarily forfeit some of these rights to government, in exchange for protection from outside threats, the administration of justice, and the rule of law. The purpose of the U.S. Constitution, then, is not to tell us what rights we have. We’re born with the right to do as we please, so long as we don’t harm others. The Constitution’s purpose is to outline what rights we give to the government, and to firmly define the limits of government power.

I’m not ready to go as far as Kim DuToit and Ogre. I still think we can pull off this experiment. But its going to take more vigilance on our part.