 Perhaps even rightly so. The acts he allegedly committed may warrant serious sanction, but that should not obscure what is at stake in his case and others like it. While incursions on old rights may begin in cases against the unpopular, they rarely end there. The authority the government seeks and the dissent would award in this case is to penalize citizens without a jury, without an independent judge, and under procedures foreign to our court system, certainly containing no such limits. This is why the Constitution built high walls and clear distinctions to safeguard individual liberty.