George Washington Law Professor Jonathan Turley reminds us today in his LA Times op-ed article that that Liberty Ebbs by Degrees--and that Bush is slowly twisting the Constitution to fit his war plans and no one is doing anything about it. Here are his examples:

* Holding citizens indefinitely without access to the courts or counsel.

• Monitoring library withdrawals and Internet communications.

• Taping attorney-client communications.

• Attempting to create a national reporting system for citizens to monitor one another in their day-to-day activities.

• Developing a massive computer system to monitor every purchase by every citizen, from hospital bills to gasoline.

• Establishing a huge surveillance system, including the expansion of searches ordered by a secret court without satisfying the probable cause standards of the Constitution.

• Claiming the right to create a military tribunal system to try and execute suspects without applying the Constitution or federal laws.

• Assisting private organizations in creating the foundation for a national identification card that could easily become a type of internal passport for citizens.

• Recommending state laws (already adopted in many states) that give governors virtual dictatorial control after they unilaterally declare emergencies because of "potential" health threats.

• Expanding the use of the military in domestic law enforcement.

• Endorsing the broad use of assassination as an alternative to capture, including the possible assassination of citizens.

• Refusing to apply the Geneva Convention and then later agreeing to apply only part of it. Most recently, it was disclosed that the U.S. created a facility in Afghanistan where suspects reportedly had been tortured by U.S. officials or sent to surrogate nations for more aggressive torture.