hello—am I the only conservative in this room who knows about the Nuremburg Trials? We had Nuremburg trials for a reason. Had Adolf Hitler not burned himself to death, he would have stood trial at Nuremburg, under a presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
We try to kill our enemies in the field. But when they are captured, they are subject to due process—either in military courts or civilian courts or international courts. But they must be subject to SOME kind of court and SOME kind of due process. Even if no innocents have been swept up into the net, a free nation of laws must have due process even for the lowest scum.
Conservatives do not allow Presidents to imprison people for life just because they’re said to be an enemy. Can you imagine how a President Hussein might use that power?
The Nuremberg trials were held before special military tribunals. They had nothing to do Constitutional habeas corpus or due process.
I see no reason why foreign terrorists who commit atrocities are entitled to the use of U.S. courts.