Part 2
3. The judge really lost me when he equated “anarchists” with “enemy combatants”. The “anarchists” were not engaging US forces on a battlefield while in civilian clothes. The most correct treatment of such persons is summary execution. That we keep them alive (and in good health) one minute longer than we have to is an act of mercy, or of stupidity, or both, and I can only hope that there is some benefit to doing so.
4. I would like to ask the judge to fill in the blank:
“Befor 9-11 I had the liberty to _________, and I can no longer do so because of eeeeeevil Booooooooooosh.”
Can you fill that blank for me, or do I have to go watch more videos?
He was pointing out that Jews who were prosecuted with similar wartime restrictions on liberty because they opposed the US involvement in WW1 were termed 'anarchists' in order to penalize them. This was a simple manipulation of language that was intended to make the government's case look stronger.
WTH is wrong with deporting foreigners without a trial?
I recommend you go back and watch the speech again. Judge Napolitano points out that anyone can be deemed an enemy combatant, including citizens. All that high-brow talk about these laws being confined to those with traffic with foreigners, or to foreigners themselves, is incorrect.
Habeas corpus has been effectively suspended for all Americans. The right to a trial by jury has been effectively suspended for all Americans. The freedom from unreasonable search and seizure has been suspended for all Americans.
Befor[e] 9-11 I had the liberty to _________
I knew that the Bill of Rights protected me in courts across the land. I believed that the government would not be able to invade my home, bug my communications, or imprison me without due process. I also trusted that in a disaster, the government would permit me to rely on my second amendment rights to defend my home and property. I trusted that warrants would be required before the government could open my financial records. I trusted that I would be informed if the government did get such a warrant. That and more is gone now.
It wasn't 9/11 that changed everything. It was our elected leaders who were responding to it. As Judge Napolitano comments, most in congress were not even permitted to read the Patriot Act because they were told there wasn't time. I'll add that I trusted that the government would defend our borders and deport Islamists, and prevent more Islamists from entering the country after 9/11. That has not been the case, either. In fact, this very situation with continued Islamic immigration and lax border security (that has been permitted to continue) has been used as justification for further tampering with our liberties. This is wrong.
Of course you may disagree with me, but Judge Napolitano, a patriot, a FOX News anchorman, and talented legal specialist with a long history of legal involvement in conservative causes opened my eyes to these changes.
We are not safer when the Constitution is abandoned. We are not safer when we take the liberties away that we have fought so hard to enshrine and defend.