2 votes  Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: How Ron Paul Can Win  In the
Soviet Union common criminals were punished less harshly and
received better treatment than political prisoners. A person who
had committed a violent crime had more rights than someone who
expressed criticism of the government and could be portrayed as
having acted against the government. We now have the same
situation in the US.  In a recent case the Supreme Court
overturned the sentence of a drug dealer who was convicted on
the basis of a warrantless 28-day search by having a GPS device
affixed to his car. In other words, a common criminal still has
privacy rights under the Constitution, but not US citizens who
are suspected of vague and nebulous “terrorist support.”  Both
Republicans and Democrats have demonstrated disregard for the
civil liberty protections guaranteed by the US Constitution.
Among the visible candidates for president, only Ron Paul has
respect for the Constitution. As it is now possible for the
executive branch to take away the