Governments are justified in circumventing laws when doing so is vital to the protection of national security.

Benjamin Franklin once said that "Those who sacrifice liberty for temporary security deserve neither". That said, the subject of how we can set the demarcation of what is just and unjust and whether the constitutions that apply the law can actually circumvent the law for the greater good, is highly debatable. Some would argue that civil laws are absolute and governments should never neglect the law. Others, however, would justify any circumvention of civil laws by the government in order to protect national security. After carefully weighting historical facts, it becomes clear that the governm...

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