To: don-o
...a couple of alleged procedural foot faults by the Honduran government
Nope. The instant that the plane carrying Zelaya left Honduran airspace, a violation of the Honduran Constitution (Article 102) and a kidnapping occurred. A crime.
On July 3rd, the Miami Herald published the following statement:
"We know there was a crime there," said Inestroza, the top legal advisor for the Honduran armed forces. ``In the moment that we took him out of the country, in the way that he was taken out, there is a crime. Because of the circumstances of the moment this crime occurred, there is going to be a justification and cause for acquittal that will protect us."
This argument won't wash in any legitimate court, and the officer who ordered the deportation will be charged with a serious crime and will sing like a canary. I expect that he or his superiors will testify that the deportation was authorized by someone on the Supreme Court. And the National Congress leadership will be implicated in the crime, too.
The problem with your analysis is that the Constitution authorizes and is superior to all three government branches, not the other way around.
I'll comment on the other "alleged procedural foot faults" in later posts.
To: normanpubbie
Strain those gnats and swallow that camel
14 posted on
10/03/2009 7:50:25 PM PDT by
don-o
(My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is OM for Iraq.)
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