Aren t you teaching people how to get away with breaking the law?
No. We teach people that they have rights, and these rights are secured by the principal documents protecting our civil liberties the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Our nation s founders, who were keenly aware of the dangers posed by unchecked government power, created these documents to protect individuals from overzealous law enforcement officials. For example, an informed individual who invokes his constitutional protections whenever a police officer asks to conduct a warrantless search is doing exactly what the founders intended. The catch is that these rights only apply if they are effectively asserted. Otherwise, people may knowingly or unknowingly waive these rights.
