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Originally Posted by Rekna
How about the right to due process (zacharious moussaoui).
I'm completely against holding people without a fair trial reguardless of how henious a crime we believe or know they have done. My logic is this: If you know he is guilty then you can prove it if you can't prove it then you don't know he is guilty.
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Moussaoui has had more then a far trial, the court has bent over backwards dealing with his antics to ensure he has a fair trial. Perhaps you meant Jose Padilla, but the courts have upheld how the administration proceeded with that case.
Also as far as the Patriot Act goes, people really have no clue about it, I've never delved deeply into the text; but I do know that most of the laws that entail the patriot have existed on the books for along time, only their application was for people like the mafia/racketering type stuff. Plus to boot a lot of the contentious provisions have been brought before the courts amicus curiae and have been subject to review.