Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Indefinite Detention is Unamerican

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"One would hope no president would ever abuse that authority, but the Founders saw enough of a threat to protect against it constitutionally. The Fifth Amendment guarantees that 'no person' can be 'deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.' It is the bedrock protection Americans have always had against a rogue government. It's one of the rights that sets the U.S. apart from countries where the dictator decides what the law is. Why should it be so casually discarded?"

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