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
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Hayes,
> This has technically always been the case since WWII when the POTUS was
> allowed to designat
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Thane Sherrington wrote:
Secondly, what hasn't the Canadian government said anything about it?
Cause they just allowed us to strip search any American tourists we want to in
retaliation. :)
Nice! I wanna work in the Canadian strip police please.
Christopher Fisk
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Did they really? Hah, that's great!
Thane Sherrington wrote:
Cause they just allowed us to strip search any American tourists we want
to in retaliation. :)
T
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 a
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
There has to be some other side to the story. As dim of a opinion as I
have on the way that the current administration is handling things, I
can't see them detaining and torturing someone solely based on Arabic
heritage.
THOUSANDS of people fly through the US every day. I think we'd hear a
lo
But in this poor guys case he wasn't even declared an enemy combatant,
else why wasn't he in Gitmo?
The US has been farming out their torture to countries like Syria
since at least 9/11. I think as a policy it's being called "extreme
rendition" or some such...
On 8/11/05, Hayes Elkins <[EMAIL P
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
"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
> constitutio
This has technically always been the case since WWII when the POTUS was
allowed to designate an individual as an enemy combatant.
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At 01:18 PM 11/08/2005, Ben Ruset wrote:
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.,
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."
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