Under bush and the patriot act, you have effectively lost nearly all the legal rights provided by the Constitution. If you speak out against your government you can be arrested and kept in prison till you die. No miranda rights, no due process, no trial by jury, no protection against torture.. nothing. Why don't people understand this?
2007-12-13 08:08:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
President Bush signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006 into law on October 17, 2006. The declaration of a person as an "unlawful enemy combatant" is at the discretion of the US executive branch of the administration, and there is no right of appeal, with the result that this potentially suspends habeas corpus for any resident, citizen or non-citizen, of the USA.
2007-12-13 08:17:45 · update #1
You really should take up reading for a hobby. If you did, you would know that US citizens are not covered by that clause in the Act, that only aliens can be declared as enemy combatants.
RIF
2007-12-13 08:13:29 · answer #1 · answered by thegubmint 7 · 5⤊ 4⤋
"Enemy combatants" are non-US citizens or residents caught outside the US on a battlefield while engaged in hostile acts. There never has been either Constitutional protections or Geneva Convention safeguards for non-uniformed, non-state fighters engaged in hostile acts against armed national forces.
2007-12-13 16:19:01 · answer #2 · answered by fallenaway 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and the Prez has sole discretion to so name someone. Pretty scary-1/2 step away from fascism.
And to those who deny, without having studying the facts, that it has been used against Americans, you are wrong, wrong, wrong.
2007-12-13 16:18:36 · answer #3 · answered by golfer7 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
So, in the past year, what have those Dems in Congress done about this-- and what solution are you proposing?
I don't actually agree with your understanding of the Patriot Act, incidentally. I merely wish to point out that the Democrats haven't done anything about it.
2007-12-13 16:18:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Don't suppose you could post a link to a case where the Patriot act has actually been used to violate an American's rights ?
2007-12-13 16:16:45 · answer #5 · answered by tnfarmgirl 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
This was true in the Macarthy time when the
people he was persecuting were the
communists. Noone said that was wrong.
2007-12-13 16:33:07 · answer #6 · answered by henry m 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's what forfeiture of Habeus Corpus is. That is what the Patriot Act does.
2007-12-13 16:14:12 · answer #7 · answered by Reba 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Yeah--look at the billions and billions of people that it's adversely affected...all of them rounded up and led off to some super double secret evil BUSHCO concentration camp, never to be heard from again. Oh, the Humanity!
ps--please adjust that aluminum foil beanie. Thanks.
2007-12-13 16:16:29 · answer #8 · answered by Trollbuster 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
tell it to the communist led ACLU... rights of the individual no matter how many others are harmed by it
2007-12-13 16:16:20 · answer #9 · answered by Robert P 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That's why we need to impeach Bush now. We can't wait till the election.
2007-12-13 16:11:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 4⤋