What do you think?

Umguy at Ideological Putty echoes a lot of my concerns, regarding the retreat on integral values in the U.S.

And to see a commentary about the opaque retreat on liberties in the United States, this post is a good one.

One of the things, of course, that I'm assuming is that "integral values" include things like right to counsel, freedom from torture, etc.  Let me know your thoughts if you think that these are not covered by "integral values".