1984 Is Here: A Tad Orwellian

Everywhere the newspapers are telling us that Macy's flagship store is holding suspected shoplifters in Room 140, a group of cells designed to hold them.  They are forced to sign an admission of guilt and pay a fine.  All without due process.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/12/17/stores-have-free-rein-recoup-shoplifting-losses/MpMn4Wa0EzTVAymf239NpI/story.html

Furthermore, a "U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon found that a lawsuit by Larry Klayman, a conservative legal activist, has “demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success” on the basis of Fourth Amendment privacy protections against unreasonable searches.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/judge-nsas-collecting-of-phone-records-is-likely-unconstitutional/2013/12/16/6e098eda-6688-11e3-a0b9-249bbb34602c_story.html

Do you see what is going on here?  Usurpation of our constitutional rights.  A tad Orwellian.