[Vision2020] Gitmo

[Andreas Schou]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Donovan Arnold
<donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Andreas,
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> Sorry, the rights of the entire planet or nation to survive, do supersede
> the rights of one individual person. This is why the Constitution can
> be suspended when the nation is at war.

Donovan --

The Constitution cannot be suspended while the nation is at war. The
writ of habeas corpus, on the other hand, may be suspended during
invasion or insurrection. Criminal acts like 9/11, no matter how
serious, do not rise to the level of an invasion or armed
insurrection.

> If someone is reasonably believed to be a danger to society, the government
> has every right to detain that person to secure the life and liberty of
> everyone else around them or those they have demonstrated they wish to harm.

The government does not have "rights." The government has powers. The
people have rights.

-- ACS