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One thing to consider is that these are high school students. This means, for many of them, that George Bush is the one in power as they become active politically, or as they begin to pay attention to the world around them.
We have a president who treats the constitution like it was written in chalk on a blackboard -- to be changed on his whim. We have a president who argues that he should be allowed to hold people indefinitely without charging them or providing them access to legal counsel. We live in a climate where you cannot question the president's policies or the war in Iraq without being called unpatriotic, or worse, told that you hate America.
It's not surprising to see our young people disregard the rights guaranteed to us by the constitution. They are just taking their cue from the powers that be.
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