scary times...or does your govt think you are an unlawful combatant
[quote] U.S. officials claimed that the courts have no role in the matter, that the president has the absolute right to decide who was an unlawful combatant with no court review permitted. <hr></blockquote>
sure hope i never cross old GW and get him to throw me in jail without the possibility of getting a lawyer (or even a court date)....
of course the guy probably is a slime ball...g
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/07/12/hamdi.ruling/index.html" target="_blank">story</a>
can we do the same to the Enron and Arthur Anderson CEO's and board members??
sure hope i never cross old GW and get him to throw me in jail without the possibility of getting a lawyer (or even a court date)....
of course the guy probably is a slime ball...g
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/07/12/hamdi.ruling/index.html" target="_blank">story</a>
can we do the same to the Enron and Arthur Anderson CEO's and board members??
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And no, I wouldn't mind seeing the same thing done to Enron and Arthur Anderson CEO's and board members
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Unfettered discretion is the first (and last) step to tyranny.
You should see the crap the DOJ is trying to pull with aliens.
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Unfettered discretion is the first (and last) step to tyranny. You should see the crap the DOJ is trying to pull with aliens.
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That is the standard M.O. of "banana republics with tinpot dictators". The hearings are kept secret, and the authorities keep moving the goalposts to their convenience in order to bring to "court" those they disapprove of to "succesfully" prosecute cases. Secret military tribunals are "kangaroo trials"; because of the secrecy, any old variety of "justice" will suffice and guilty "verdicts" will be decided before the charade of the court procedure; to save taxpayer $$, they might as well just put them summarily in front of a firing squad: at least that method is honest and straightforward, with far more credibility than that "secret military tribunal" crap. What's next? Baseball and football stadiums for public executions?