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US Attorney General Questions Habeas Corpus
spiedrazer writes "In yet another attempt to create legitimacy for the Bush Administration's many questionable legal practices, US attorney General Alberto Gonzales actually had the audacity to argue before a Congressional committee that the US Constitution doesn't explicitly bestow habeas corpus rights on US citizens. In his view it merely says when the so-called Great Writ can be suspended, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the rights are granted. The Attorney General was being questioned by Sen. Arlen Specter at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 18. THe MSM are not covering this story but Colbert is (click on the fourth video down, 'Exact Words')." From the Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel commentary: "While Gonzales's statement has a measure of quibbling precision to it, his logic is troubling because it would suggest that many other fundamental rights that Americans hold dear (such as free speech, freedom of religion, and the right to assemble peacefully) also don't exist because the Constitution often spells out those rights in the negative. It boggles the mind the lengths this administration will go to to systematically erode the rights and privileges we have all counted on and held up as the granite pillars of our society since our nation was founded."
I think you meant "America" instead of "The world", fyi.
Seriously, politics should never be discussed on Slashdot as anyone who does not cling to a hard-left viewpoint on EVERY issue is labeled a troll automatically. Seen it too many times here to think otherwise. If you want to discuss politics, goto Fark, as at least there you can't be modded down because you don't have a left-leaning viewpoint/opinion.
"Jeremy, you need to get to an internet cafe and cut and paste some appropriate sentiments about me from the world wide
For 70 plus years, the liberal swine in this country have also argued that the 2nd amendment is not an individual right, but a collective one. Why should anyone get bunged over the same thinking being applied to Habeus Corpus? I mean, you really wouldn't get upset over having to go to your local politician to get a permit to buy a book, would you?
Clinton was never impeached, and the only people that thought he should have been were the republican nutjobs.
Aren't your elections coming up soon? And Hillary is eyeing the position? Couldn't be a bad thing... She runs the country, Bill gets back in the White House and gets a few more miscellaneous blowjobs...
"Because, those who suggest that are imprisoned and executed for treason."
Are you trying to be funny, or is this a serious comment? If it is a serious comment, please cite a few examples. I'm especially interested in learning more about the execution(s).
the military CAN be a powerful bulwark for progressivism as demonstrated in Venezuela
Do you mean the Venezuela in South America? 'Cause the only thing that's an example of is how a thug can take over a control and rob its people of their wealth while lining his own pockets.
Oh, wait, that is progressivism. My mistake.
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
seriously, how can you tolerate a US Attorney General who questions such a fundamental right?
Are you insane? He wasn't questioning a fundamental right, he was pointing out that it's not listed in the Constitution! That doesn't mean he was arguing it doesn't exist.
You people are scary, the way you just run off and think whatever other people tell you what to think.
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
Oh sure, it didn't have the ability to deprive THE AMERICAN PEOPLE of their freedoms, but what about the freedom of THE CIGAR TUBES?
Those few, proud, elite who go forth and maintain the environmental conditions of our cigars, so that we can be sure that they are neither dried out, or all moist and covered with mold, when the time comes?
These proud, patriotic objects are being held, AGAINST THEIR WILL, in Monica Lewinski's vagina, and we MUST NOT ALLOW it.
It's been a long time.