The End of the U.S. as a Civilized Nation
By Ted Rall
The recently passed Military Commissions Act removes the United States from the ranks of civilized nations. It codifies racial and political discrimination, legalizes kidnapping and torture of those the government deems its political enemies, and eliminates habeas corpus--the ancient precept that prevents the police from arresting and holding you without cause--a basic protection common to all (other) modern legal systems, and one that dates to the Magna Carta.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15283.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Military+Commissions+Act
The recently passed Military Commissions Act removes the United States from the ranks of civilized nations. It codifies racial and political discrimination, legalizes kidnapping and torture of those the government deems its political enemies, and eliminates habeas corpus--the ancient precept that prevents the police from arresting and holding you without cause--a basic protection common to all (other) modern legal systems, and one that dates to the Magna Carta.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15283.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Military+Commissions+Act
rudkla - 13. Okt, 14:22
