by Andy Worthington of Antiwar.com
On July 15, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled by 5 votes to 4 in the case of Al-Marri v. Pucciarelli, that the president can arrest U.S. citizens and legal residents inside the United States and imprison them indefinitely, without charge or trial, based solely on his assertion that they are "enemy combatants."
More at the link.
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/worthington.php?articleid=13169
In my opinion this country needs to have a loud and uncompromising public outcry now. Strangebedfellows is on its way there, but something more like a strike, or widespread tax resistance would probably be more likely. You can threaten not to re-elect politicians, but how do you hold federal judges accountable to the will of the people or the clear meaning of the constitution?
Claire Wolfe's old admonition is looking thin right about now.
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That means any US citizen can be thrown in prison indefinitely without charges, without a court trial, without habeas corpus, if the president says we are enemy combatants. No one is safe.
Ron Paul would have put a stop to such horrendous abuses of our constitutional rights. But will McCain or Obama?
Sounds like we're f***ed!