Watch the analysis by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann titled "Why does Habeas Corpus hate America?" and tell me whether you think the Bill of Rights has or has not been repealed by the 2006 Military Commissions Act.
2006-10-10 15:41:31 · 8 answers · asked by Lisa M 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/10/10/olbermann-why-does-habeas-corpus-hate-america/
2006-10-10 15:43:36 · update #1
If you don't think it has been repealed through the elimination, NOT SUSPENSION, of the writ of habeas corpus, what do you believe your legal argument would be IF you were arrested and wanted to know why and the government refused to tell you?
2006-10-10 15:52:55 · update #2
To those who begrudge fighting for freedom of my speech, I can only say that I see myself as a soldier of sorts. Attempting to fight for our freedoms through waking some of you folks up to the fact that the Constitution is being trampled upon and one should not sit idle on the sidelines as this happens. And HEY, if I'm wrong what do you have to lose? But if I'm right, what do you have to lose? I have studied the suspension of habeas corpus (Lincoln during the Civil War), and this is not comparable in context or content.
2006-10-10 15:58:10 · update #3
repealed in the sense that it no longer applies..... it is useless????
How would one challege it's constitutionality? Well, let's see you'd have to have a case first, right? And in order to have a case you'd have to be locked up, but wait, they've eliminated habeas so you no longer have a right to appeal to any court much less the Supreme Court which would be where something would be declared to be in violation of the Constitution.
If this comes across as propaganda to some I strongly assert that is not my intent. I invite dialogue if it is rational and real and not the typical jibjab crap where folks are only trying to out wit each other.
2006-10-10 16:07:56 · update #4
No if the bill of rights had been repealed then you wouldn't be able to ask that question. This realy agravates the fire out of me. I am willing to give my life as a member of the armed forces so that people like you can ask questions like that. I may one day leave my wife and 2 kids alone without me fighting to keep this nation free people like you constantly make stupid crap up. I hate to know that one day I may die for you because I know you wouldn't for me.
2006-10-10 15:47:49 · answer #1 · answered by knight35966 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution - they can not be repealed
freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom of religious worship, and the right to bear arms, preventing unreasonable search and seizure, cruel and unusual punishment, and self-incrimination, and guaranteeing due process of law and a speedy public trial with an impartial jury.
They are our Bill of Rights - unless you are a terrorist, the Military Commissions Act does not pertain to you. Say we actually had a President that actually cared about us and we had a known terrorist threat by people like Bin Laden we could capture his people and hold them and do any means necessary for him/her to tell us where Bin Laden is or what the plot is - it doesn't affect Americans... unless you are a terrorist - I don't understand the big deal people are making about it.. it is for our safety
You added something I want to respond to... It has always been in the constitution that Habeas Corpus can be suspended - it has always been in there. This is absolutely nothing new.. not to mention it doesn't really pertain to you. You still have your Constitutional Rights.. you are making a mole hill into a mountain.. Relax, breathe.. it will be OK.. don't listen to other people's opinions.. research it and make your own educated opinion about what you read.
2006-10-10 23:00:11 · answer #2 · answered by katjha2005 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know whether or not the Military Commissions Act is in violation of any part of the Bill of Rights. But assuming it is even for a moment, what you have said is absolutely, positively f---ing nonsense.
The Bill of Rights is never "repealed" because any legislature makes a law violating a provision of the BoR. The BoR has a permanancy that transcends any statute.
Don't play the Chicken Little game. Don't cry wolf. If you want to say that some particular law violates a provision of the U.S. Constitution, then say so. Speak and write clearly and accurately. Or else speak and write like a propagandist, in which case people will ignore you because they should.
2006-10-10 22:55:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, it hasnt been repealed. The bill allows for a suspension due to the fact that trying an enemy during war may give away vital information. It thereby allows them to be held until the end of the war.
2006-10-10 22:44:51 · answer #4 · answered by Doggzilla 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well they're working on it. Look how well Germany got along with out all those pesky liberal rules and restrictions.
Talk about law and order. The crime rate was almost nothing in Berlin in the 1940s.
2006-10-10 22:47:06 · answer #5 · answered by Rockvillerich 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I get to talk to people where I want to and when I want to. I get to pray when I want to and mostly where I want to. The press is still going strong in printing so NO it has not been repealed.
2006-10-10 23:25:06 · answer #6 · answered by fatboysdaddy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
But the fool in the White House is doing his level best to gut the Constitution.
2006-10-10 22:43:39 · answer #7 · answered by marianddoc 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
NO, next question.
2006-10-10 22:43:01 · answer #8 · answered by Meow the cat 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋