How has terrorism affected the American idea of justice?

Question

Please post, along with your answer, your location. Much thanks.

Ok, to all you paranoid individuals out there. This is a topic for a paper I have to write for my English 2010 class and I wanted some opinions other than my own. I also wanted to see how a persons location may affect thier opinion. ie, a person living in an urdan community versus someone living in a rural community. I'm not trying to attack anyone with laser beams or anything that utterly paranoid and just flatout weird. Thanks very much for your opinions that have already been posted...and stop worrying..I just want to know what you think!

Answer 1

Its plain to see that the effects have been quite severe. Especially with regards to habeus corpus, torture, detention camps, illegal wiretaps, illegal rendition flights, and violations and suspension of the geneva convention rules of war. Youll have to research that stuff for yourself if you're going to cover the bases on terrorism and Americas ideas on justice.

Under the Nuremberg standard, Bush is definitely a war criminal. The US Supreme Court also exposed Bush to war crime charges under both the US War Crimes Act of 1996 and the Geneva Conventions when the Court ruled in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld against the Bush administration’s military tribunals and inhumane treatment of detainees.

President Bush and his Attorney General agree that under existing laws and treaties Bush is a war criminal together with many members of his government. To make his war crimes legal after the fact, Bush has instructed the Justice (sic) Department to draft changes to the War Crimes Act and to US treaty obligations under the Geneva Conventions.

One of Bush’s changes would deny protection of the Geneva Conventions to anyone in any American court.

Bush’s other change would protect from prosecution any US government official or military personnel guilty of violating Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. Article 3 prohibits "at any time and in any place whatsoever outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment." As civil libertarian Nat Hentoff observes, this change would also undo Senator John McCain’s amendment against torture.

Eugene Fidell, president of the National Institute of Military Justice says that Bush’s changes "immunize past crimes."

Under the US Constitution and US legal tradition, retroactive law is impermissible. What do Americans think of their President’s attempts to immunize himself, his government, CIA operatives, military personnel and civilian contractors from war crimes?

Apparently, the self-righteous morally superior American "Christian" public could care less. The Republican controlled House and Senate, which long ago traded integrity for power, are working to pass Bush’s changes prior to the mid-term elections in the event the Republicans fail to steal three elections in a row and Democrats win control of the House or Senate.

Meanwhile, the illegal war in Iraq, based entirely on Bush administration lies, grinds on, murdering and maiming ever more people. According to the latest administration estimate, the pointless killing will go on for another 10-15 years


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Answer 2

In dealing with suspected terror suspects the is clearly a trend of affording less protection for the accused than there is with other persons accused of crimes. Also there is more focus on safety in America, rather than the focus on fairness. Americans in general are willing to sacrifice personal freedoms in exchange for more safety.

Washington DC

Answer 3

The terrorism will destroy all the justice idea not onlt the american. it depend on the new generation every where to learn them how to hate and hurt others and give a reasons for that with a required donation....USA

Answer 4

It has twisted it until many people are arguing that the law doesn't matter, and that the ends should always justify the means.

The entire concept of the rule of law is that the ends do not justify the means, with specific exceptions set forth in the law.

Paranoia, fear and rampant fanaticism have caused people to abandon the rule of law, and promote solutions that make us no better than the people we claim to oppose.

Answer 5

Well, since America is a bunch of demonic rockers telepathing go to hell to good people, then bad things happen to America. It's justice in a way although a lot of innocent people have gotten hurt.

I'm an American.

Answer 6

I don't think it really has at all. If you are arrested for terrorism you are going to get a lawyer, and a trial. You can appeal a verdict all the way up to Supreme Court. IN other countires you would be hung without a trial.

Answer 7

I personally dont think it has. and why do u want our location???i agree with the guy who commented before me.

Answer 8

[e-mail] - Americans should fight harder against these @$%^&%$ terrorist. You must not lost hope and continue fighting.

Answer 9

You want our location? why ??.........so they can track us down using our IP address and then heart attack us with their microwave beam satellites?? forget it.