In the US violating freedoms may appear to be illegal but in the end peoples' freedoms are constantly violated and no one is held accountable. From large illegal meta data collection to secret Prisons and indefinite detention. [1] Until the supreme court gets to uphold the constitution many years pass and many peoples' lives will have been ruined in the meantime.
[1] https://www.aclu.org/news/president-obama-signs-indefinite-d...