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To: butterdezillion

Well, I can’t help you to see it simply won’t work, because of the long traditions of the USA being a Constitutional Republic. There’s absolutely nothing in all our traditions for our entire history that would give any “backing” for this.

All you are offering is a “Johnny-come-lately” law, designed for terrorists that the public recognizes as terrorists - against - the entire history of the USA and its Constitution.

If you can’t see that ... there’s nothing much more I can do about that.


27 posted on 06/27/2014 6:01:00 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

Where in the Constitution does it say that the President shall not be evaluated for treason and/or enemy combatant status in the same way that anybody else is?

Seems to me that equal protection and due process demand that he BE evaluated by the same standards in all matters of the law.

If Obama took a vacation to Hawaii and then nuked Washington DC, what would the Constitution say should be done about it? What role, if any, does the War Powers Act play in that, or Congress’ standing authorization for the military to detain terrorist enemy combatants in defense of this nation?

That’s what the Constitution says about the role of the military in defense of this nation. The Congress is to authorize the military, and they’ve already given standing authorization for the military to detain enemy combatants - even “belligerents” which is a much lower standard and isn’t even defined - recognizing that the warfare against us is not 2 armies lining up and shooting at each other in an open field. Our enemies today pose as our friends in order to get access to us and kill us. That’s why we have the NDAA, duly passed into law.

What you are saying writes out of the Constitution Congress’ vital role in authorizing war. Is that really what you want to do?


30 posted on 06/27/2014 6:11:52 PM PDT by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/)
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