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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Shouldn't it be ALLEGED "terrorist combatant" SUSPECTS....or have you forgotten innocent until proven guilty.
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This is not about domestic crime. We are at war.
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Originally Posted by host
ace....we were told that the executive needed the authority to determine, without evidentiary hearings, who the "bad people" are, because we woiuld be in too much danger if we allowed the designated bad people, the same rights every citizen and non-citizen in any US jurisdiction, are afforded.
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Did you read the opinions? Did you look at the law in question? There are controls in place. Controls requested by the courts and legislation passed by Congress with some bi-lateral support.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
the "war on terror" is only a war in a metaphorical sense, dont you think?
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No.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
the rationale for scalia's dissent is basically the same as that behind the bush people's "war on terror"--a state of exception which "requires" the suspension of usual processes and legalities in favor of a dictatorial-style executive. a state of exception need not be a war--it can be and usually is a sense of political crisis--but crisis can be generated from any number of sectors for any number of ends.
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We are in a war where Congress authorized the use of military force and gave the President broad authority to use it. Bi-lateral support I might add. Bush's war, is our war.
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Last edited by aceventura3; 06-13-2008 at 05:22 PM..
Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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