let me ask you a question in answer to your question. Why would habeas corpus, a truly ancient and long-accepted human right, *not* apply?
I think it's like what I said about porn in the other thread about usenet. Even if you accept that everyone at Guantanamo is guilty as can be of the vilest of crimes -- which I do not, but suppose -- once it is ok to lock someone up indefinitely without producing evidence, then we are all in jeopardy. The Patriot Act was supposed to be something nobody who was not a terrorist would have to worry about, remember that? By the way, habeas corpus does apply to foreign citizens who commit crimes on US soil. They can be deported, but there has to be a hearing. They can be locked up, but there has to be a trial. Why would there not be? If I rob a bank tomorrow I am arrested and go through the court system like anyone else. The only difference is that I may also be deported afterwards. I don't know if what you say about soldiers is true, but the difference there in any event is that they signed up. 6/12/08, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was just looking at another article about that. This is the third > > time this administration has been told that they cannot disregard the > > constitution. Third. I doubt they will pay any more attention this > > time. I did however enjoy the fact that Blackwater no longer seems to > > be immune. > > I don't have the time or energy to start a debate on this but I do > have to ask this question: > Are Constitutional protections and right supposed to be extended to > foreign nationals who are brought into US custody (and only onto US > soil by extension of military ownership) during a military activity? > > As you consider the answer to this question, also consider the fact > that the military personnel who watch over them are not afforded full > Constitutional protections, being under the rule of the Uniform Code > of Military Justice. > > I guess the court's answer is that they are... something that bothers > me on a number of levels. I can see them being extended to those who > are on US soil and commit crimes that fall under the civil/criminal > law. > > Hatton > > -- > PJ O'Rourke - "You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261812 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
