Ofcourse, in the libertarian south, no one was being arrested, no presses were being stopped, no ones rights were being abused.
A violation of the separation of powers and a disregard for the system of checks and balances is NEVER warranted.
"We have long since made clear that a state of war is not a blank check for the President when it comes to the rights of the Nation’s citizens. Whatever power the United States Constitution envisions for the Executive in its exchanges with other nations or with enemy organizations in times of conflict, it most assuredly envisions a role for all three branches when individual liberties are at stake. kewise, we have made clear that, unless Congress acts to suspend it, the Great Writ of habeas corpus allows the Judicial Branch to play a necessary role in maintaining this delicate balance of governance, serving as an important judicial check on the Executive’s discretion in the realm of detentions. Thus, while we do not question that our due process assessment must pay keen attention to the particular burdens faced by the Executive in the context of military action, it would turn our system of checks and balances on its head to suggest that a citizen could not make his way to court with a challenge to the factual basis for his detention by his government, simply because the Executive opposes making available such a challenge." - United States Supreme Court, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 2004
Ofcourse, in the libertarian south, no one was being arrested, no presses were being stopped, no ones rights were being abused.
Quoth the ftD: "Squack! Tu quoque! Tu quoque! Davis did it too! Tu quoque!"