Testing the line between despotism and a free society
By Scot Lehigh | Tuesday, February 27, 2007 | The Boston Globe
The deprivation of the right of habeas corpus to “enemy combatants” languishing in Guantanamo and other sites during the Bush-Cheney Administration’s grotesque War on Terror is a national disgrace. Under Democratic control, this question is boiling up to the surface again, and will likely proceed to both the Supreme Court and to Congress over the next few months. This is battle worth fighting. In Lehigh’s words, “…it’s long past time we started living up to our own constitution”…BS
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Bill:
The attack on habeus corpus is, without question, a bad thing, and another step toward “despotism.” However, I must admit that I am stunned that an even greater threat and step toward despotism – the evisceration of the Posse Comitatus Act, which will now allow a sitting president to unilaterally declare martial law without Congressional authority – is not being talked about AT ALL. By ANYONE.
In this case, the much-overused phrase “Where is the outrage?” truly applies.
Peace.
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