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To: Southack
What those flakes won't tell you (because facts interfere with their ideology) is that foreign beligerents never had the right of habeas corpus in the first place. It's pretty hard to "abolish" something when one party never had said right and all other parties still retain that right, so let's refrain from claiming that habeas corpus has been "abolished" in the future, shall we.

I guess I was wrong. You DO appear to be one of those who think the US Government may do whatever it wants to non-citizens.

Sorry to have bothered you.

In any case, I need to get back to work. I am currently filing two habeas corpus petitions with the 5th circuit on behalf of two clients who are Mexican citizens. I'll be sure to tell the judge and the other attorneys at the hearing that for the past two hundred years we have all been erroneously filing writs on behalf of non-citizens. I'm sure everyone will have a big laugh over it.

Good day sir. And by the way, the next time you see a non-citizen being arrested, you might want to tell the cop to just go ahead and shoot him. Afterall, none of the protections in the Constitution apply to non-citizens. Right? Of course right. I'll let you get back to sleep now...

323 posted on 11/21/2001 11:25:57 AM PST by backup
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To: backup
"I guess I was wrong. You DO appear to be one of those who think the US Government may do whatever it wants to non-citizens."

No, I don't appear to be someone who matches that simplistic description at all.

I do know that I said foreign beligerents, and yes, the U.S. maintains the right to execute, especially during live combat, all foreign beligerents.

No, armed foreign combatants may NOT file for a writ of habeas corpus, even if they have successfully invaded United States territory.

Yes, foreign beligerents/combatants can be tried in military courts. No, those combatants may not be granted all rights and priviledges of U.S. citizens.

Your law career and education were wasted. I'd suggest that you ask for a refund from your university, except that I'm rather glad that someone with your views got ripped off thusly. Good riddance.

324 posted on 11/21/2001 11:33:56 AM PST by Southack
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