Posted on 08/29/2006 4:59:24 PM PDT by Jay777
“They’ve been given the opportunity to meet with the F.B.I. over there and answer a few questions, and they’ve declined to do that,” Mr. Scott said through a spokeswoman, Mary Wenger.
THAT says it all.
"This is a George Soros sponsored group."
I didn't know that, but it figures.
OK, people, now that we've all had our jollies slaming the horrid ACLU, what about the merits of the case?
The young fellow is an adult American citizen. Does the government now have the right to bar citizens from returning to their country. And do so without trial?
I think not. There are many many things with which I disagree with the ACLU, but in this case I think the bureacrats have gone to far in asserting themselves. Some unelected FedGov worker can not unilaterally stip me of my citizenship because he thinks I am a terrorist. Or even if I *am* a terrorist.
Accusation do need to be followed quickly by arrest, charges and a jury trail. THAT is the American way.
Sorry, it didn't post completely.
To gain citizenship, one must give an oath of allegience. If their intent as terrorists, is to secure constitutional protection and rights and they perjure themselves to do it, are they legal citizens?
So I ask again - what law gives a random law enforcement officer the right to exclude an American citizen from returning to his home?
He was born here. I was born here. I never gave an oath of allegience to gain my rights. Neither did he. Even is some LEO doesn't like how I spend my vacations I claim I have a right to return home. So does the young man in this situation. If he has broken a law, charge him.
Once, when Bloom County was still a cartoon, Steve Dallas was defending a woman who was accused of hacking her husband to little pieces with an axe. Steve argued that she should be released without bail since she was such a gentle lamb. (She was hacking at the furniture with her axw while he was making his argument.) The Judge granted Steve's motion and remanded her into Steve's custody.
Steve said, "My custody?"
The judge replied, "Specifically, your house."
I think the concept applies here. The terrorists can come in if an ACLU lawyer will let him/her stay at the lawyer's house.
Shalom.
A certain female lawyer-turned-pundit whom I will not name since I can't post any pictures and I don't want to break the rules.
Shalom.
And why is it funded with tax dollars?
Shalom.
Most of the articles on the incident, including this one, are unclear as to specifically what action the government has taken. As near as I can tell they were deplaned in Hong Kong and prevented from taking a commercial flight to the US because of their presence on the "no fly" list. Offered an interview with the FBI to correct the problem, they refused. IMO, if they're on the "no fly" list, they don't fly on a commercial plane, regardless of their citizenship. They can take a boat, private plane (?), swim, or fly to a nation that doesn't honor the list and make their way to Canada or Mexico. I've no problem with that. If they're actually being denied entry, that's a different issue, but I've seen no article that provides an actual basis for that conclusion.
Also, the remedy sought by the ACLU is removal from the "no fly" list, which would tend to support my last post.
Well that's better. It's still a bit of a slippery slope.
Yes it is.
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