Cafeteria Constitutionalism

That's what we seem to have on the right.  They're screaming about mirandizing the Times Square (failed) bomber.  Digby lays it out clearly.

There are those of us in  this country who regard the Constitution as pretty near sacred.  It's not perfect, if you follow the writers over at Balkinization at all -- and yes, some of their arguments make sense -- but I'm not ready to call for a constitutional convention.  Certainly not in this climate.  (Do you really want to see the Bill of Rights tossed out?)  But we've got Duncan Hunter (R-Pol Pot) calling for the deportation of American citizens because their parents were here illegally, John McCain (R-Desperate) expressing a fundamental lack of confidence in our judicial system (in spite of its record on suspected terrorists, far superior to that of military tribunals), and every mouthpiece on the right wanting to do away with Miranda (which wouldn't make any difference -- the issue would just come up again and the precedent would have a new name, that's all).

These people really don't seem to like America very much.

Go read Digby.  That should make it clear.

Mmm -- read this one, too.  It's even better.