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To: Steven W.

Military Commissions Act of 2006(I think supersedes your link)
Sec. 948d. Jurisdiction of military commissions
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Boumediene v. Bush (2008) that the MCA constituted an unconstitutional encroachment of habeas corpus rights

Following debate in the House and Senate, the final law revoked Habeas Corpus protections only for non-citizens:

(e)(1) No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus

example, if a citizen, was picked up outside a military base, they could walk across the street and file a habeas corpus petition with the courts.

So the only way to have military tribunals is with marshal law and again I don’t see how that is accomplished without it looking like a coup. Maybe if enough of all this dirt we have uncovered would become mainstream.


1,449 posted on 03/18/2018 10:22:10 AM PDT by slag (reelect nobody)
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To: slag

Let’s not forget that the POTUS can take over the airways in a national emergency. The media spin machines would be silenced instantly when the POTUS takes the ‘air’. Under such circumstances, mil tribunals would be authorized.


1,454 posted on 03/18/2018 10:30:08 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: slag; Steven W.

I am a know-nothing is this regard, but could US citizens face military courts in a National Emergency?

In POTUS’ Dec.21 EO, I recall the words National Emergency were used.

Plus “BHO”/0bola is not a US citizen, and I have no doubt that the POTUS team knows this full well.


1,500 posted on 03/18/2018 11:35:29 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: slag; Steven W.

“the final law revoked Habeas Corpus protections only for non-citizens”

Interesting, in light of President Trump’s previous pestering of 0 about his (0’s) birth certificate, & 0 producing a fake one....


1,553 posted on 03/18/2018 12:41:43 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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