SEC. 5. TREATY OBLIGATIONS NOT ESTABLISHING GROUNDS FOR CERTAIN CLAIMS. (a) IN GENERAL.-No person may invoke the Geneva Conventions or any protocols thereto in any habeas corpus or other civil action or proceeding to which the United States, or a current or former officer, employee, member of the Armed Forces, or other agent of the United States is a party as a source of rights in any court of the United States or its States or territories.
YES. That was the major purpose of that bill. We are now no better than the "evil soviets" or african dicatorial nations that we were taught we we were better than. Its just at the moment we have only one gulag that we know of, its in Cuba. ON property that Cuba's government has been trying to evict the USA from for the last 40 or so years. If you ever wondered what it was like to live in Nazi Germany in 1938, you now know. Except there is less beer and shnitzel. Oh, and not as much polka music(thank Godds).
While this is a disgusting assault on our civil liberties, I see it as a political football. The Supreme Court and/or the next Congress will strike it down. This is so Bush can say "I tried to protect the country against terrorists, but the Democrats stopped me."
Impeach the whole system. I still don't see a reason to vote Democrat other than they aren't Republicans. Where's their platform? their version of the contract with america?
fuck, let's hope neil is correct, but it also gives the next guy and the next an easier time into more and more tyranny with less ways to be checked. checks and balances? founding ideas? who needs em? don't you worry about those people who start disappearing, we'll make sure yuo have your right to american idol and a choice of 50 brands of potato chips to go with it.
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CLAIMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.-No person may invoke the Geneva Conventions
or any protocols thereto in any habeas corpus or other civil
action or proceeding to which the United States, or a current
or former officer, employee, member of the Armed Forces, or other
agent of the United States is a party as a source of rights in
any court of the United States or its States or territories.
DID HE JUST REVOKE THE GENEVA CONVENTION?????
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Why does Habeus Corpus hate America?
God bless America.
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Have you ever seen his post 911 speech?
Can I embed on a comment?
If that doesn't work - here is the link...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1OA2wHcBt4
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Not like we don't have enough, we just lack the firearm with which to fire it. Can we impeach the whole fucking party now? Please?
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grrrrr.+
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I made an initial post about this issue here, but I think this needs to be mentioned in my personal journal, too.
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