1. Lincoln suspended habeus corpus. 2. Roosevelt interned thousands of Japanese-Americans in camps for years without due process.
Is that what you call "doing pretty well"? On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Judah Mc wrote: > Your whole premise is faulty anyway because we have a legal system > where evidence can be presented in a way which protects national > security. This isn't an either/or situation. The Bush administration > behaved like national security had never been an issue that the courts > had had to worry about before. Pure bullshit and the Supreme Court > even called them on it in spite of Bush getting to pick several > members of the court. > > We've managed to do pretty well in some rather extreme circumstances > over the past 200 years as a nation. This state of permanent warfare > against an undefined enemy as an excuse to trample civil liberties > because they are inconvenient is bullshit. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286613 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
