It's not a black and white situation. It is a slow erosion. Each bit of erosion allows the path for more extensive erosion. The questions you should be asking are: Are my constitutional rights being maintained in the spirit of that in which were given? Do I believe the in the future, the current degree of these constitutional rights will be the same? The government and laws thrive in gray-areas. Once case-law is established it is no longer gray-area. It is a situation that congress mass produces gray-area and courts decide if it is black or white. Therein is where the erosion lies.