This might be the key graphic in the study:
Notice that we tend to err on the side of security since 2004 - almost certainly a reaction to 9/11. I mentioned in a couple classes that Congress is not expected to work on legislation curtailing the NSA surveillance program, and given recent events it may well be that members of Congress will feel little support for doing so now.
We should spend sometime discussing how two be headings in a desert thousands of miles from the United States has been able to transform American public policy so quickly. In 2305 we will be looking at Federalist #10 and the constitutional mechanism in place intended to limit the direct impact shifts in opinion can have on public policy.
It's worth considering whether the nature of social media has negated those limits.
