Shades of the Warren court
Sometimes getting to the end of a good court ruling is a lot like getting to the end of a good book.
As Justice Warren wrote in U.S. v. Robel, 389 U.S. 258 (1967):
Implicit in the term ‘national defense’ is the notion of defending
those values and ideas which set this Nation apart. . . . It would
indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would
sanction the subversion of . . . those liberties . . . which makes the
defense of the Nation worthwhile.
Anna Diggs Taylor in ruling that the NSA's warrentless wiretap program is unconstitutional.