Have President Barack Obama's initial policy changes in the war on terror

1. Have President Barack Obama's initial policy changes in the war on terror from the Bush administration policies "approached democracy"? Have they traded a reduction in security to achieve that goal?

2. If the new national government had been more successful in organizing the states, would the United States have been successful under the Articles of Confederation? Or was the redrafting process inevitable because the national government would have tried to acquire more power?

3. What role should the Constitution and The Bill of Rights play during times of crisis? How much of that determination should reflect the Constitution's role in earlier times of crisis? Should that interpretation of rights under the Constitution depend on which political party has been able to appoint the majority of the members of the Supreme Court?