Is it true That the 9th Amendment kept Bush from completely abolishing Habeas Corpus ???

Question

When is he going to burn that piece of paper

I thought the Patriot Act abolished due proscess

Answer 1

I think the Military Commissions Act of 2006 is unconstitutional! Just because Bush had them pass it does not mean it meets constitutional requirements and this one surely doesn't!

Answer 2

Well this is what the 9th amendment says;

Amendment IX - " The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

Recently the right of Habeas Corpus has been abolished for anyone labeled a “unlawful enemy combatant” for ( both foreign & U.S. citizens) per the Military Commissions Act signed by Bush on Oct 17, 2006. This means a detainee no longer has the right to ask a judge whether there is legal cause for imprisonment. Thus innocent detainees could be imprisoned forever without charges or trial.

I'm not exactly sure how the 9th Amendment and the Military Commissions Act intersect.......I'm very interested to see if someone else has the answer. Good question.

Answer 3

Most Americans still do not realize that they are enslaved to the ruling elite, a group with a savage, relentless devotion to avarice, the blind pursuit of money, and the domination of Earth's people and resources. Under the Bush Regime, the mask of civility, morality, and democracy has slipped to the point that the hideous visage of raw capitalism and imperialistic ambition is almost completely exposed. Yet somehow, as over a hundred thousand lie dead in Iraq, the Patriot Act strips our civil liberties, the wealth gap widens to a chasm, Big Brother has been caught watching (and is unrepentant), billions of dollars are wasted on occupations of sovereign nations, habeas corpus disappears, America engages in torture regularly, property rights precede human rights, and a major city lays in ruins due to the willful neglect of a government charged by the Constitution with promoting the general welfare, many Americans still cannot, or will not, dare to even glimpse at the lurid countenance of evil leering at them from Washington.

Answer 4

Actually, the right to due process of law is contained in the Fifth Amendment, not the Ninth, and no that hasn't stopped the Bush Nazis from trying to eradicate habeas corpus and all other elements of due process.

Answer 5

No. The 9th Amendment had nothing to do with it.

And basically he has abolished Habeus Corpus in this respect.

He can, as Commander and Chief of the military have you hauled in.
He can as President strip you of your citizenship.
He can as Commander and Chief order the Military Tribunal to deem you an Unlawful Enemy Combatant. Combined with your new Alien status you are now an Alien Illegal Enemy Combatant.
Poof! No Habeus Corpus.

He may burn his copy, but he'll have to kill me to burn mine.

Edit: DSTR I like the way you think and I love the way you write! Kudos!

Answer 6

I believe Habeas Corpus would more likely be protected by the fifth amendment, which gives a lot of similar rights.

Answer 7

How can you all compare Bush to Hitler and the Nazis? Hitler tried to kill off all the Jews, did a hell of a job, too. Bush is trying to kill off all the terrorists, there is no Bush regime, just an inept president.

Answer 8

Oh about the same time liberals get the idea that Muslim terrorism is real threat....in others word never.

Answer 9

burn it?

Have you seen his modified state of the Union address on youtube? It may not be real, but it's more accurate than the lies he feeds us...

Quote"Dripping of acid on the skin"-change skin to constitution.