Originally Posted by dksuddeth

Will, the Judiciary isn't omnipotent when it comes to interpreting anything. They've gotten things wrong many times. It also isn't really going to do much to change things when the judiciary is nominated and approved by the very same politicians who think this crap up.


nobody can just be summarily shot, including spies, unless they are currently in the act of violence themselves. Otherwise they must be given the military tribunal/due process.
your default is really doing nothing more than redefining terrorist to mean all non-uniformed combatants. Given that line of thinking, hypothetically, all of us civilians could be terrorists if the government deemed it so.