Posted on 08/15/2010 12:08:21 AM PDT by Libloather
Taney's ruling in Ex Parte Merryman (1861) is a great document that was issued in the face of a threat of imprisonment.
The constitution provides, as I have before said, that 'no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law.' It declares that 'the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.' It provides that the party accused shall be entitled to a speedy trial in a court of justice.
These great and fundamental laws, which congress itself could not suspend, have been disregarded and suspended, like the writ of habeas corpus, by a military order, supported by force of arms. Such is the case now before me, and I can only say that if the authority which the constitution has confided to the judiciary department and judicial officers, may thus, upon any pretext or under any circumstances, be usurped by the military power, at its discretion, the people of the United States are no longer living under a government of laws, but every citizen holds life, liberty and property at the will and pleasure of the army officer in whose military district he may happen to be found.
Nixon “normalized” relations with Red China and supported affirmative action.
He was not one of our better presidents. He also eliminated the military draft.
He was most certainly NOT a conservative.
I agree with Aldrich Ames being on that list.
OTOH, what Robert Hanssen did was every bit as damaging as what Ames did - and Hanssen was not on the list.
Both of e’m should have gotten the death penalty for what they did to our national security.
“Alexander Hamilton was THE American conservative”
That’s hardly applicable to the founders. Does that mean that his arch nemesis Jefferson was leftwing?
Hamilton was a nationalist who advocated a strong central government. Jefferson was for limited government and state’s rights. Either way Hamilton doesn’t belong on the list.
Let’s put them on the list.
I could care less
I am a Confederate and proud of it
Yes it does.
Hamilton was a nationalist who advocated a strong central government. Jefferson was for limited government and state’s rights. Either way Hamilton doesn’t belong on the list.
On that we agree.
Ronald Reagan was the only conservative GOP POTUS that the U.S. had, after WWII.
God bless you for your hard work!
Thanks AWM!
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