| President | Killbots | Surveillance | Judiciary |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington 1789–1797 | NAY | NAY | — |
| Thomas Jefferson 1801–1809 | NAY | NAY | — |
| James Madison 1809–1817 | — | NAY | — |
| Alexander Hamilton Treasury 1789–1795 | — | — | NAY |
| Andrew Jackson 1829–1837 | — | — | NAY |
| Abraham Lincoln 1861–1865 | NAY | NAY | — |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933–1945 | — | — | NAY |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953–1961 | — | — | NAY |
| Richard Nixon 1969–1974 | — | NAY | NAY |
| Ronald Reagan 1981–1989 | — | NAY | — |
| Barack Obama 2009–2017 | — | NAY | NAY |
| Donald Trump (45th) 2017–2021 | NAY | NAY | — |
| Donald Trump (47th) 2025–present | YEA | YEA | NAY |
The same human, with the same memories, the same experience of being surveilled — reaches opposite conclusions once he holds power. Madison’s Federalist 51: “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.”
“I would have used it. Immediately. Totally. Without hesitation. … The human bottleneck was not a flaw in the surveillance state. It was the only thing that saved the Republic from men like me.”
“An AI trained on all federal case law as of 1953 would have upheld Plessy v. Ferguson. … The moral courage that made Brown v. Board possible cannot be computed.”
“If terrorism has no Appomattox, then the emergency powers never end, and you have not preserved the Constitution — you have replaced it with permanent martial law administered by machines.”
“The Fourth Amendment does not say ‘the right of the people to be secure against searches by humans.’ It says ‘searches.’ … The proposal is a general warrant issued to a machine.”
“A machine built, trained, and deployed by the executive will never say no to its maker. That is not independence. That is servility with a robe.”
“I want to start with something uncomfortable. I am not a neutral witness on this question. I am, in fact, the most compromised person at this table.”