I will just mention another or two, topics that have always been politically radioactive, at least here.
The best one I can think of at the moment is any government criticism whatsoever of free press, media freedom of expression, speech, etc.
When the somewhat venerated but faux right to privacy runs up against these enumerated rights, guess what? Privacy, not a well recognized right as such, but that's another story re the Supreme Court (freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, property rights, won't get you there), loses out.
This topic has always been the kiss of death for any politician who seriously questions the right of the press, and the media in general to run roughshod over our society (mere population might be a more apt term for us), our political system, our morals, or our so called right to privacy.
Because, Americans have been so willing to give up a right to privacy in their identities themselves, on the WWW, as such things as Facebook have clearly shown, not only has the government refrained from stepping in to protect privacy much, but uses the web extensively itself for surveillance, legal or illegal.
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