I know many of you reading this will have forgotten that the US Constitution is the contract between the people and the government. Constitutional rights trump any codified law as any law that doesn't agree with the constitution is null and void.
So whats going on, why are we the people allowing our government to voilate its contract with us in the false claim of war on terror, really a war on our rights.
Reuters | August 24, 2006
NEW YORK - U.S. authorities have arrested a New York man for broadcasting Hizbollah television station al-Manar, which has been designated a terrorist entity by the U.S. Treasury Department, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Javed Iqbal, 42, was arrested on Wednesday because his Brooklyn-based company HDTV Ltd. was providing New York-area customers with the Hizbollah-operated channel, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
2006-08-25 03:33:28 · 10 answers · asked by sscam2001 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
It did not say how long Iqbal's company had been providing satellite broadcasts of al-Manar, which the U.S. Treasury Department in March had designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity, making it a crime to conduct business with al-Manar.
Iqbal has been charged with conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the statement said. Federal authorities searched HDTV's Brooklyn office and Iqbal's Staten Island home, where Iqbal was suspected of maintaining satellite dishes, the statement said.
The U.S. Treasury Department froze U.S. assets of al-Manar in March, saying it supported fund-raising and recruitment activities of Hizbollah, a Shiite Muslim group backed by Syria and Iran that has been at war with Israel in southern Lebanon.
2006-08-25 03:33:55 · update #1
Free speech is not absolute, and broadcasting messages that encourage people to commit mass murder (they are a terror group, after all) would fall under the un-protected hate speech.
2006-08-25 03:36:53 · answer #1 · answered by rahidz2003 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is in violation of free speech. I completely agree. I think our mainstream media in the US is spouting more hate filled comments and views than Al-Manar ever would. I do not see how the government can justify this arrest because the man tried to allow another perspective of the Lebanese massacre. It is just another attempt to block the public from the realities of what is actually occurring. Our rights to free speech are not in jeopardy, they are already gone. By the conditions of the Patriot Act, our phone lines are tapped, our bank records are watched, our on line transmissions are recorded and they can arrest and hold anyone without reason or trial. We are living in a police state. Pretty frightening.
2006-08-25 03:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by one voice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The laws for aiding a terrorist organization (IEDPA) basically disallow any 1st Amendment rights -- association, assembly, speech, press, etc.
Is it constitutional? Not at all. But the law has not yet been successfully challenged as a constitutional violation, because too many people and too many judges are so terrified of the bogey-man that they refuse to do their job and uphold the constitution.
2006-08-25 04:59:10 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rights and freedoms enshrined in the Constitution are not absolute or inviolate (you can't shout fire in a crowded movie theatre). With rights and feedoms comes responsibilities and obligations. The framers and writers of the Constitution did not envision, nor did they intend the Constitution be used to destroy the very country it was designed to protect.
2006-08-25 03:43:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you always read stuff and assume it to be true - you've been punked you moron. Javed Iqbal is a serial killer in Pakistan. That "news" story was made up.
2006-08-25 04:54:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He can say what he wants, we aren't like israel. We're the US, we have many types of people and we will exercise free speech rights.
2006-08-25 03:43:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is indeed a violation of free speech.
The Republican criminals will be brought to justice - rest assured of that.
2006-08-25 03:40:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You seem to not realize that any "freedom" is also a "responsibility". When one chooses to act without responsibility then one forfeits their freedom.
2006-08-25 03:40:10 · answer #8 · answered by sam21462 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i disagree with you on this .that is treason against this country.it would look as if you were helping spread the message of the terrorists
2006-08-25 03:39:21 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh, dude, he broke the law
why isn't that obvious to you????
by the way, he lives in my town....................
2006-08-25 03:39:09 · answer #10 · answered by statenislanddreamer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋