dh_epic
Cold War Veteran
pacesplace said:It's not exactly easy to "introduce police state and changes in constitution gives him a lot of power," so the scenario doesn't sound likely.
The Patriot Act reduces the number of civil liberties in the name of security: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act_controversy
The President suggests he'll just ignore a law passed by congress in the name of security: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/01/04/bush_could_bypass_new_torture_ban/
The President breaks the law and chastizes those who point it out in the name of security: http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/17/bush.nsa/
The new Supreme Court Justice believes in more Executive Power, rather than a seperation of powers:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/04/AR2005110401861.html
Saying that it would be hard to do is incorrect. All it takes is a group of rabid supporters to silence any dissenters as unpatriotic or dangerous to our national security.
For the sake of a mod? Yeah, you could put together a believable scenario. I mean, if you can have mods that create a WW3 in the 1960s, then you can easily conceive of this.