Hayes,
Declarations of war in the 21st century are meaningless and will
probably never be used again.
Likely true.
We are at war.
The SCOTUS ruled we are not (at least in regards to the POTUS being able to
unilaterally declare anyone he wishes an 'enemy combatant').
It may seem like
Pretty scary stuff. The one thing that strikes me though:
If passengers are deemed to be inadmissible, they have no
constitutional rights even if later taken to an American prison. Mason
says that's because they are deemed to be still outside the U.S., from a
legal point of view.
Foreign
we hold these truths to be self evident...that all men are created equal
unless you're just passing through?
On 8/11/05, Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pretty scary stuff. The one thing that strikes me though:
If passengers are deemed to be inadmissible, they have no
constitutional
The Declaration of Independance is not the constitution. Plus a majority
of the drafters of the Consitution owned slaves.
j m g wrote:
we hold these truths to be self evident...that all men are created equal
unless you're just passing through?
On 8/11/05, Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hayes,
This has technically always been the case since WWII when the POTUS was
allowed to designate an individual as an enemy combatant.
At that time, the SCOTUS ruled that he could have that power only because the
Congress had enacted a 'Declaration of War'.
Last year, the SCOTUS ruled
At 01:47 PM 11/08/2005, Ben Ruset wrote:
THOUSANDS of people fly through the US every day. I think we'd hear a lot
more about this if it was a common thing.
No kidding, that's why it seems strange to me.
Secondly, what hasn't the Canadian government said anything about it?
Cause they just
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Hayes,
This has technically always been the case since WWII when the POTUS was
allowed to designate
