These laws do not stop at targeting society\u2019s most vulnerable. They also attack the legal and social norms that underpin our system of government. They turn citizens into spies in a surveillance scheme more reminiscent of a totalitarian state, and shred the vital principle that the laws are applied equally to all people.<\/p>\n
These laws \u201callow you to stalk, surveil, harass, impede upon individual\u2019s constitutional rights,\u201d says Michele Goodwin, a specialist in constitutional law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. \u201cAnd that is why this is so dangerous to democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n
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