Originally Posted by law dawg
Everyone who carps so hard for the Bill of Rights does not give any LEO, TSA screener, etc. the presumption of innocence.?
Isn't your assertion as broad and generalized as your complaint about TSA being branded incompetent?
Originally Posted by law dawg
There have been few wars in our country that did not involve the limitation of freedoms in the short term. They have all be returned at wars end.
Which wars and rights might you be thinking of here exactly...?
Vietnam? Korea?
In World War 2, yes--we dutifully marched Japanese citizens and Italian citizens off to internment camps because everybody thought the country would be safer--and it was the "right" thing to do.
Of course, in retrospect, now we find it unbelievable that this country could have let something like that happen then.
And hopefully we are wiser after making that tragic mistake of taking away a person's liberties and will try to improve ourselves and not rush head long into restricting other's liberties in the future.....
Maybe not...
Recently, the Supreme Court boxed the current administration's ears by over- ruling the President's claim that in this new "war" of his, he could hold suspected terrorists as long as he deemed necessary without being charged or tried.
It is telling that even the most conservative members of the Supreme Court found this line of logic incredulous and in violation of one of our most cherished rights---the right to be free of indefinite confinement at the will of the sovereign....
Of course, this is the same President who said that he is not bound by the Geneva Convention with regards to treatment of detainees because this a "new kind of war".
While we do need stepped up security in the USA, the approach of this administration has embarked upon is an insult to our basic rights and an arrogant "middle finger" to the rest of the world community about how we intend to conduct ourselves with respect to international relations.
It is a disgrace to this country and a violation of the oath of office where the President pledges to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States.
When you think of what Clinton did and how the Republicans rammed through an impeachment--Bush should already be standing in front of the American people and explaining himself for his breach in not fulfilling the oath of his office.