Inch by inch.

It's going to take years to reclaim our republic. After all, we're at the end of a couple of decades of counter-revolution by the political descendents of the colonial tories. There's progress being made, though…

AP - Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

There's still hope within our judiciary, and not always from the usual suspects.

Of course, there's only one real hope for our judiciary.

More and better Democrats.

Some examples.