Balance and Friction Between Civil Liberties and Homeland Security/Homeland Defense

Civil Liberties and Homeland Security/Homeland Defense
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Civil Liberties and Homeland Security/Homeland Defense
Although the United States has achieved significant milestones in improving its homeland security, criticism persists that some of the efforts are counterproductive and violate the principles of civil liberties. The nation’s constitution outlines bills of rights that demand respect for peoples’ naturally acquired freedom. As a result, challenges exist in balancing these civil liberties and homeland security due to the conventional friction between the two concepts.
The persistent loopholes that question the implementation of homeland security approaches call for improved ways of ensuring the country protects itself and upholds its constitutional rights. For instance, Rudman et al. (2021) underscore the urgency of strengthening safeguards and protections for civil liberties to protect them from routine abuses by officers implementing homeland security. The author also adds the need for systemic and behavioral changes to integrate ethos that prioritizes equal treatment of all Americans. Such an aspect would ensure that no communities or groups bear a disproportionate burden of being over-surveilled in the future (Pauner et al., 2015). Beckner (2021) also adds the need for progressive policy reforms integrating legal concerns and civil liberties into intell...