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Let's see if it sticks, and if Rummy can follow directions, but this is a bit of
good news:
From:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=1&u=/ap/20031218/ap_on_re_us/terror_suspect
"President Bush (news - web sites) does not have power to detain American
citizen Jose Padilla, the former gang member seized on U.S. soil, as an enemy
combatant, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. "
Thank you NYCU, CCR and 2nd Court of Appeals (1).
1 - well, two of them... "In a dissenting opinion, District Judge Richard C.
Wesley said the president as commander in chief "has the inherent authority to
thwart acts of belligerency at home or abroad that would do harm to United
States citizens." Huh? So he can nuke anything he wants any time he wants???
Gak!
++Lar
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| (...) I wonder, though, what will prevent Dubya in his Imperial zeal, from simply throwing the matter to a non-public military tribunal? He certainly has no qualms about secrecy in these matters. (...) What the heck qualifies as belligerency? Does (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Presumably Wesley has seen evidence of this act of "belligerency"? If so, why not put Padilla on trial! Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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