Posted on 09/11/2002 5:44:46 AM PDT by Boonie Rat
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:40:57 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
I teach at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, meaning that I instruct young military officers who are generally smart, hard working and curious.
On Aug. 27, I realized that I might well have one of the best jobs in America. That afternoon, the school's guest speaker was President Bush's White House counsel, Alberto Gonzalez, widely believed to be on the short list for the next Supreme Court appointment. What happened spoke volumes, not just about Gonzalez and his likely positions on the Constitution, but also about the students at the Naval Postgraduate School.
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Hahahahahahahaha! Trust us!! Alberto, you crack me up!! I'm from the government, trust me!! Hahahahahaha!
Boonie Rat
MACV SOCOM, PhuBai/Hue '65-'66
Bears repeating.
May God have mercy on your soul.:~)
Hurrah!!
Huh?
Just what FR needed, another lib RAT lawyer. Everything you said is your opinion, not fact. Just as my opinion of lib RAT lawyers is my own opinion. Also, in my opinion I don't believe congress has to declare war for the president to respond to an attack on our country.
I was listening to a "Town Meeting" on KVET in Austin,Texas this morning. The meeting consisted of several local Radio personalities debating the detainment of the suspected terrorists. One of the Disk Jockies known as "Bama" Brown said that one of his White House contacts told him that there were 50 attacks planned for September 11, 2001. There were the 4 attacks that were carried out, and several more that were foiled once the airplanes were grounded nationwide.
If this is true,imagine what it would have ensued if 50 targets had been hit, rather than the 3 that were hit. America still wouldn't be fully recovered from an attack of that scale. The fact is that these men are dangerous, and should be detained!
Even if it is quite legal, and I might challenge that statement, I think it opens up a lot of problems. I just don't think a non-lawyer could be a competent voter on a lot of issues that the Supreme Court decides.
Personally, I really rather not roll those lifetime appointment dice on an experiment to find out whether a non-lawyer can deal with the legal ins and outs that are required of a Supreme Court Justice.
Can these reports be verified? Although it's already obvious that landing/grounding planes was the only logical, sane response. Ben Sliney, the FAA's national operations manager, did a good job.
The math does not compute.
So four were carried out, "several (more than two, fewer than many) were foiled...
What happened to the other thirty five or forty?
NO ONE'S HABEAS CORPUS RIGHTS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.
PADILLA AND HAMDI BOTH HAVE HABEAS CORPUS PETITIONS BEFORE COURTS RIGHT NOW.
IF THE COURT DECIDES THEIR DETENTION IS NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE 9/11 CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR MILITARY FORCE THEY WILL BE RELEASED.
What? Does your version of the Constitution not have an Article I Section 8 in it? Huh, must be one of those 'living breathing' ones that liberals always speak of. Fact is, it's there in black and white. Just because you choose to disagree with it doesn't mean it's not there
If it is anything past a month, in my opinion, the Constitution has been destroyed.
There is hope.
Regards,
However, the Bush Administration has claimed that the Judiciary has no right of review for those declared enemy combatants. So the Bush Admin believes that habeas corpus SHOULD be suspended for those people. The courts may decide otherwise, but the intent of the Bush Administration is rather clear...
Just like FDR did after Pearl Harbor. Oops, sorry, he went to Congress to ask for a declaration of war, and used his speech there as a means to build overwhelming support for the war. Funny how following the rules of the Constitution works best...
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