America is said to be "The Land of the Free", and people are always going on about "The American Dream" - what is the American Dream anyway? And is America really the land of the free, now that they are now allowed to detain people without charge(1), and the laws are now messed up(2)?

1 - "A federal appeals court yesterday backed the president's power to indefinitely detain a U.S. citizen captured on U.S. soil without any criminal charges." Source.
2 - Laws messed up: details here.