You wrote:
"So what do you suggest? If Bush has the power than so will the next Democratic president. No matter how much you trust Bush not to misuse it, you must fight the precedent to prevent a future president Hillary from having that power."
Yes, that was my point.
I guess we'll have to keep electing Republicans, and
replacing RINOs with trustworthy folk, until such time
as we can safely repeal the law.
[Many libertarians agree that there are three means
to guarantee freedom: ballot box, jury box, cartridge box.
After Waco and Ruby Ridge, I'm not so sure of the third;
and I'm a lowly Republican, not a libertarian. What do
you think?]
Actually, the usual formulation is: Soap box, ballot box, jury box, ammo box.
We must never let anybody, not even Republicans that you trust violate due process. It removes the jury box from the protection plan and makes the ammo box the only alternative when tyranny threatens.
If you want this nation to endure as a free constitutional republic, you will fight for due process, no matter who is in office, no matter what the crisis of the moment is. There are NO EXCEPTIONS possible without putting the nation at risk of destruction or enslavement.
That is the libertarian principle applicable here and that is the constitutional principle applicable here. What Lincoln did, what FDR did and what Bush did is unforgiveable. And I don't even see him saying that maybe he was wrong. Jose Padilla still sits in jail, there still has been no charge against him. This is a continuing criminal conspiracy and the leader of the crime is asking to be reelected. Outrageous!!!