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Re: Senate Passes Amendment to End Habeas for Deta (none / 0) (#12)
by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:53 PM EST
You're a bigger moron than anticipated. We don't just have the Constitution to contend with, but a vast body of international law that we've agreed to follow. By doing this, we not only run the risk of running counter to those laws, but endanging our relationships with every single one of those countries. We're on shaky enough ground there, already. In the past, we haven't had a problem showing that we can apply to others what we do to ourselves. We've tried and jailed (or set free, if the circumstances dictated it) foreigners in this country without ever, ever having to muddy the principles laid out in the Constitution. The Constitution isn't just a basis of our laws, it is a statement of who we are as a nation and in our interactions with other nations. A real conservative would ask himself: Why change what has worked for us, perhaps not perfectly or every time, put well and overall? There is no need to change any of this. Doing so will have consequences too many are not prepared to face.

Senate Passes Amendment to End Habeas for Detainees | 58 comments (58 topical)

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