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To: markomalley

The Supreme Court got it right the first time (in a Civil War case): The only justification for holding a person without trial is in a battlefield situation (when/where “the civil courts cannot operate”,) or when the individual legally satisfies the criteria for a prisoner of war.


97 posted on 05/21/2009 8:54:03 AM PDT by sourcery (Obama Lied. The Economy Died!)
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To: sourcery

“The only justification for holding a person without trial is in a battlefield situation”

That’s easy, just declare a rebellious county a “battlefield”, and you can “preventively Detain” anyone you want to.


123 posted on 05/21/2009 9:21:47 AM PDT by tcrlaf ("Hope" is the most Evil of all Evils"-Neitzsche)
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