I get the feeling that you just don't like our (making an assumption here) government.
Just ours? I distrust governments (not just ours) by default, and believe it is absolutely foolish to do otherwise.
The government is filled with all kinds of people, good and bad.
Which is why I don't believe they should be trusted. Even 'good' intentions can (and have, both now and in the past) result in abuse.
But as Americans we are also responsible for raising our voices so that the people that we elected know which direction to go.
As long as the direction most people want the government to go doesn't result in the sacrifices of individual liberties, fine.
There are checks and balances to keep shit from going too crazy.
Checks and balances are meaningless when you allow the government to suspend people's rights. Lincoln ignored the courts on a number of occasions and the government of his time abused its power again and again for reasons similar to the reasons the government claims it's violating our rights now.
But i think you can agree that Emergency denotes a temporary situation.
Even if it is temporary (and when you let the government decide, which you would have to, that isn't even certain), it is, to me, still just as awful.