Posted on 05/20/2010 6:09:16 AM PDT by Princeverdi
A large proportion of people in the United States would support a proposed law that would strip all Americans with links to terrorist organizations of their U.S. citizenship, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 77 per cent of respondents approve of the bill currently being discussed in Congress.
Last May 1, Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year-old Pakistani holding American citizenship tried to trigger a car bomb in New York City’s Times Square. Shahzad is facing charges of terrorism and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.
Independent senator Joseph Lieberman and Republican congressman Scott Brown have introduced the Terrorist Expatriation Act, which aims to revoke the citizenship of any American who provides “material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization” or who engages in or “purposefully and materially” supports “hostilities against the United States.”
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Sounds like a great idea...until the Obama administration starts formally defining Tea Partiers as terrorists.
If this passes it won’t be long until the government comes for the Tea Party patriots and the Christians.
Fools! There is a reason we have due process even for the scum of the earth.
This should only be for naturalized citizens, not natural-born.
The only thing their poll illustrates is how stupid most Americans are.
Execute terrorists. Expatriate bodies.
Strip and incarcerate for life for the funders of terrorism inside our border when appropriate. In all other cases (including Shahzad) skip the compassion and execute.
I called one of my senators offices in DC and learned that this bill has only two co-sponsors, Scott Brown and some idiot from Nebraska. This is a very slippery slope and is a dangerous idea in the hands of the Obama administration.
“Middle of the Road” Lieberman is also behind this divergence from the Constitution.
Pig greased rope is cheap.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
If this had been proposed by Dick Cheney, 80% of Freepers would find it easy to rationalize it as a good idea.
I don’t think such a law is constitutional. Try them for treason. Period.
This is a very slippery slope and is a dangerous idea in the hands of any the Obama administration.
I defer to your solution.
You are right! Thanks!
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