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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Because Congress is a law unto itself - literally. It has to be to function. The only way to stop it is to elect new fools, and you already know that won't work. If the President and Congress agree on something, it will happen, no matter what you or I think.
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True. It's only
Raison d'être is to write laws..... (you know what I mean)
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Almost. But as long as we're discussing plain English, Sec. 1032 only exempts U.S. citizens (and lawful foreign nationals) from Sec. 1031's requirement that "covered persons" be kept in military detention. It does not prohibit such detention of U.S. citizens (or lawful foreign nationals). So it looks like President Bush... I mean President Obama, still gets to make the call.
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Precisely.
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Hey Maddog, you're harshing their anti-government buzzes...
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Weren't we really worried that a certain US citizen ate a hellfire missile rather than getting due process?
Whats to say that the POTUS cannot use this in conjunction with revocation of citizenship to take away a person's 4th, 5th, 8th and 14th amendment rights.
I thought our founding fathers did not want to be subjected to tyranny.
The potential for abuse is way too great for this.