# Civil liberties eroded by "panic" now officially a fringe view **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 8, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-liberties-eroded-by-panic-now-officially-a-fringe-view/524160 "2010-01-08T14:50:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 22
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-liberties-eroded-by-panic-now-officially-a-fringe-view/524160/22 "2010-01-08T17:56:00Z")
> [@What will happen to the presidency under an Obama Administration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-to-the-presidency-under-an-obama-administration/477086/13): > > I agree with the posters who say Obama’s not giving up any power the presidency may have gained in the last eight years, regardless of its provenance. The bottom line is that politicians find it nearly impossible to give up on any kind of power even if they think they wouldn’t have it in an ideal world. And yes, political inertia is strong, so yesterday’s controversial proposal becomes mainstream if the people who are opposed to it can’t do anything about it. > [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > Did the Patriot Act get reauthorized? I thought it ran out last year. Portions of it expired, and if memory serves, Obama wants some of them renewed. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-liberties-eroded-by-panic-now-officially-a-fringe-view/524160)._