Unless he has committed a terrorist act in service to a foreign power.
In which case his ass is grass. Literally. And legally.
Dzhokhar Tsaraev acted as a traitor and committed a terrorist act against the country and thereby sacrificed all rights of citizenship. Instead, he qualifies as an "enemy combatant" -- a status which doesn't even qualify for protection under the Geneva Convention.
Tsaraev belongs in a military court -- where he would be sentenced to death.
See Ex parte Quinn (1942).
So you want to allow Obama the power to take away Constitutional rights based on the word of Holder's justice department that you committed a terrorist act or planned to? Think about that for a long hard time. Who was it that Axelrod saide committed these bombings last Tuesday? Oh yea, people like us.
Absolutely try him for treason, yes, 100% agree, but do it in the civil courts where it belongs. He is a U.S. citizen, no different under the law than you or me. Non-citizens are a different case.
Thanks for posting your comments.
During WWII, an uncle by marriage and a US citizen and vet of WWI with German parents, who had become American Citizens, turned his two uncles in for being active Nazis in America. They were supposedly American citizens.
His uncles were interrogated by the FBI and arrested for having Nazi literature in their homes and for holding pro Nazi Bundt meetings.
The uncles were put into a high security prison until the end of WWII. Then, they were sent back to Germany. I don’t remember anyone talking about them after that.
Their German wives, who had become American citizens were put under custody in a former mental institution and were allowed to have visitors. After WWII was over, they stayed in America until they died.
U.S. citizen arrested on U.S. soil had better get due process.
Unless he has committed a terrorist act in service to a foreign power.
In which case his ass is grass. Literally. And legally.
Dzhokhar Tsaraev acted as a traitor and committed a terrorist act against the country and thereby sacrificed all rights of citizenship. Instead, he qualifies as an “enemy combatant” — a status which doesn’t even qualify for protection under the Geneva Convention.
Tsaraev belongs in a military court — where he would be sentenced to death.
See Ex parte Quinn (1942).