Posted on 04/07/2010 7:24:39 AM PDT by kristinn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_absentia#In_absentia_under_United_States_law
In post 124 you pasted a list of “in absentia” trials. The list obviously came from Wikipedia list of examples.
The section just above the examples goes through a long explanation of why “in absentia” trials have not been accepted in the US for over 100 years.
Don’t be mean.
We attacked an al Qaeda camp in Yemen with cruise missiles in December. This was undoubtedly approved by Obama.
So do you believe that Obama should be able to make up the rules of law as he goes along or ignore our constitution? I guess yoou don’t see a problem with his hypocrisy and lies. You obviously trust the man, I don’t. He is the one that ran on a campaign to ‘end the wars’ and give foreign terrorists ‘rights’ and ‘trails’. Suddenly there is an American citizen involved in ‘instigating’ Islamic radical jihad and Obama just ‘deems’ the man to death without affording him the same ‘rights’ he gives to foreign terrorists? The CIA doesn’t have to read him his rights..yet Obama puts our military men and women in impossible situations on the battle field with ridiculous ROE and the reading of miranda rights in the middle of a war?
PS. Awlaki is only a citizen by Unconstitutional Supreme Court fiat. The SOB was was born here to non-citizens.
The US is not at war with FreRepublic and we are Americans on American soil. WE are not levying war agains the United States.
There is a great Twilight Zone episode called The Obsolete Man, with Burgess Meridith and Fritz Weaver, about how the State has sole power to declare someone obsolete and worthy of “liquidation”
Interesting...you can’t imprison them, but you can kill them without trial!?
Funny....I just brought up his name last night when describing a fellow I know, who just got hired by the Feds.
Due to complacency, the government should run roughshod over the citizens.
We don't deserve any better.
It's why I changed my tagline.
If true, does anyone have the legal process, docs on this?
So ... plug in a different name instead of a Muslim terrorist ... say, a political opponent or other opposition leader ... what do we have?
Whoa.
Wouldn’t there be enough evidence to bag the terrorist and put him on ice? Give him due process?
A liberal rag like Salon is using terms like “unbelievably Orwellian”? Nah - no way a liberal would ever wake up to the reality of “change”...
Hitler, Lenin Stalin Mao... they all had to start the killings somewhere... start with a person on the line - then move up...
It spreads - always does.
How long until "the vast right wing conspiracy" gets hit? How many weeks before it's just plain old Republicans leaders being shot?
First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew...
Gee, I wonder how long before this policy is applied to those racist, anti-American “Nazis” congregating at tea party rallies?
I didn’t read that part.
I still hate you.
I hate people who have Latin in their taglines.
Heh! There's a name I haven't heard in awhile! The towel-head isn't a nursing mom married to a "gun nut", so I'm guessing Lon won't be assigned on this one.
The fact that the Court disapproves of trials in absentia only amplifies the unconstitutionality and illegality of denying the individual a trial altogether, by murdering him.
So-called Liberals will talk to the folks at Salon. Maybe some Chicago style pressure if they don't see the logic quick enough.
Who wants to bet Glenn Greenwald doesn't have a job next year?
Nat Hentoff would have been able to fight back - a "Greenwald"? He doesn't have a chance.
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