Posted on 04/20/2013 12:55:08 PM PDT by yoe
Several Republican lawmakers are calling for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings to be tried as an enemy combatant, rather than as an ordinary criminal.
“It is clear the events we have seen over the past few days in Boston were an attempt to kill American citizens and terrorize a major American city,” read a Saturday statement from Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.). “The accused perpetrators of these acts were not common criminals attempting to profit from a criminal enterprise, but terrorists trying to injure, maim, and kill innocent Americans. The suspect, based upon his actions, clearly is a good candidate for enemy combatant status. We do not want this suspect to remain silent.”
Their statement came after Dzhokar Tsarnaev was taken into custody and sent to the hospital Friday night.
[snip] “America is part of the battleground,” he said. “If you capture someone on the battleground, they should not be given the privilege of a civilian trial where they are given different rights...
[snip] “We continue to face threats from radical Islamists in small cells and large groups throughout the world,” they said. “They have, as their primary focus, killing as many Americans as possible, preferably within the United States. We must never lose sight of this fact and act appropriately within our laws and values.”
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Sarcasm is sometimes a delicate thing.
The way we’re going the Feds are going to have so much power it will end up totalitarian.
Remember Hitler was elected by the people, for the people etc... One day a bad man will have all that power we’ve been eager to give to the office of the presidency. I’d say Obama is bad but there can be even worse than him.
Conservatives need to be a lot more skeptical about ceding power and authority to the gang in DC.
Bitter... all of the wiretapping laws contravene the 4th Amendment but yes they’ve been ignoring the constitution far too long and as result we have a government that has run amok and is out of control.
Dont blame me for that!
I’m here trying to make the argument that we as conservatives should fight back and take those powers back.
I’m under no illusion that this will make me unpopular here. I’m new and so far haven’t had a hard time but because I’m strict about the Constitution which I believe to be an amazing document then it forces me to take unpopular positions.
I am so pleased to see many freepers agree me with and those who don’t seem to be open to what I’m saying... I wont win you all over but I don’t intend to give up defending freedom and liberty unless Jim tells me to sit it out!
They constituted the Federal government and have a lot of power. All those MA laws are constitutional.
Under your interpretation then the States can ban the 2nd Amendment And the First and so on.
But what the tenth actually sez is "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
So all those laws in MA concerning owning guns and restricting their use are unconstitutional as well. Like I said you know two things about this situation. "Jack" and "Shit"...
The states can't amend or transgress against the 2nd Amendment nor can the FedGov. But they both have done so. but your argument states the FedGov Can't and the States can.
Like I said Bottom Line: the Way the law stands now the Feds have jurisdiction and can charge him and so can the State and you haven't a clue about which you speak.
Yes I’m really saying that... it’s a strict interpretation of the constitution that I believe the Founders intended.
Once you give an inch they take a mile and I dont want to give a inch to the Feds..
I agree with you: I’m against all State laws to restrict ANY part of the Bill of Rights. As for the 2nd i’m against background checks and everything else. These are God given rights which no one can take away or restrict although that doesn’t stop them trying.
Graham is trying to polish up his credentials as a so-called conservative. Don’t believe him. There’s a campaign against Graham going on in SC. The people there have this snake on the ropes, with his approval rating falling from 71% to 54%.
Primary challengers are stepping forward to throw Linda out of the senate. Do not believe anything the liberal worm Graham says.
“I’m with you Lindsey.”
Please don’t do that. We have this traitorous worm on the ropes in SC after a ton of work. Your support of Graham is ill-advised.
Yea by the same government that interned 110 thousand Japaneses Americans.
FDR did a lot of unjust things and got away with them. We are still living with the legacy of many of them.
“”You know it’s ironic too because as former Texas prosecutor is currently being brought up on criminal charges for hiding & covering up evidence. Obama and Washington probably have no fear of such repercussions.”
Which case??”
All you people being sucked in by Graham’s statement via the neo-communist site Politico are friggin’ useful idiots.
Graham is a RINO traitor. He sleeps with McCain. You’re being played as fools.
The trial will be a charade because it cannot examine and has no authority to act on the international and US security concerns. Having it even nullifies them. So why have a charade, unless that’s how you make your living.
The leeway accorded to enemy combatants would be to send him to Gitmo and get information out of him by whatever means necessary. Mincing lawyers are not going to provide the information about the threat this bomber and his contacts pose.
How do you get “he is clearly not a combatant”? From his recent and clearly false oath? Your geography reference makes no sense. He attacked in Massachusetts. The 9/11 terrorists attacked in New York and DC. So what? Terrorism has come to America. Are these criminal killings by Americans or attacks directed from forces outside the US?
Perhaps unfortunately we are beyond the days of uniforms and soldiers standing in neat little rows firing volleys at each other en-mass. We are fighting forces outside the US that are international in international Islam. It is many countries and no single country. They seem to want to kill us, so we have sent US soldiers to Iraq, Afghanastan and other places to fight them even though they don’t wear uniforms or have a single flag.
You can play “Law and Order” with this one if you want to. I am not interested. Trying to extend Constitutional Law into the battlefield is a fools excercise, even when that battlefield is on our own soil. Perhaps especially then, since it means that we are losing, and idiotic policies like this are probably behind it.
Oh wow, I missed that story. Thanks for the link!
IMO, there is almost nothing worse than crooked prosecutors.
They are far to common too.
They killed a Chinese national. Let’s ship his ass to China and let Chinese justice take care of him. The Chinese will be so much more “direct” than we would be.
Hitler was never elected, he was appointed Chacellor by the Parliament!
Read you history John!!!!
And how do you declare war against an ideology who is not represented by a country?
SNORT!!!!
Lindsey.
Well of course. Broken clock. He happens to be right on this issue. I’ll rephrase:
I’m with you Lindsey, on this issue only.
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