2006-10-20 10:58:26 · 7 answers · asked by Lleh 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Because it is a fundamental control on our government that is written into the constitution. Effectively, dictatorships have no habeas corpus right. There is no way to find out what happens to someone who is taken by the police. That person can simply disappear.
Is this going to happen overnight in Ameria? Most likely not. But we give up such rights at our peril. It is now possible under American law for the police or FBI or some other government organization to lock someone up in an un-revealed location, refuse them access to a lawyer, and never actually bring them to a court or charge them with an offense.
You may believe this will never happen to you; and you are likely right. But the educated in a civilized society must protect the rights of those citizens that are uneducated, poor, or otherwise unable to protect themselves.
2006-10-20 11:05:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because for the first time in US history, the President as soul discretion as to who is an "enemy combatant". This means, if someone is doing anything he dislikes, they can be declared an enemy combatant of the US, and then be whisked away never to be heard from again.
Sort of makes running against the President or his idologies a bit scary.
2006-10-20 18:03:44 · answer #2 · answered by Manny 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because if your lawmakers decide that you are an enemy combatant (for any reason they deem credible), they can throw your butt in jail for the rest of your life without charging you or giving you legal representation. How's that sound?
2006-10-20 18:02:35 · answer #3 · answered by Hemingway 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because its absence eliminates most of the bill of rights. You can now be jailed, indefinitely, for any reason, with no trial.
2006-10-20 18:07:25 · answer #4 · answered by Schmorgen 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Its significance is not determined by your ignorance.
And I don't imagine it will ever be a pressing issue for you, as inconsequentially as you value it. Apathy such as yours will most likely keep you from ever needing it.
2006-10-20 18:12:58 · answer #5 · answered by answer faerie, V.T., A. M. 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
because it's highly contagious!
2006-10-20 17:59:45 · answer #6 · answered by Duque de Alba 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Please do not be worried! :-)
2006-10-20 18:07:30 · answer #7 · answered by SHAH OF W 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋