What it's laws were based on has no bearing in what it says. Trial by jury isn't an aspect of military action. Our Constitution sets up the form of government and lays some basic rules down. Alien enemies that seek to terrorize or bring down the government aren't criminals. They are a different group of people, and they are a group of people completely.
This new law doesn't talk about American Citizens, and you can point to Padilla all you want, and while it took a long time, he was charged. It shouldn't have taken that long. But he was able to get a lawyer, and he was able to get his case heard. When it went through the courts, he was charged. NONE of this applies to the law that was passed. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 9:23 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Republicans Suspend Habeas Corpus > > But it does. Trial by jury is an element of our culture that goes back to > either Ethelred the Unready or to the Magna Carta, depending on who you > ask. Either one is close enough to a thousand years ago for me. > > >But it doesn't, The Constitution doesn't deal with acts of war by > >foreigners. It deals with criminal acts. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217362 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
