After the last decision giving detainees Constitutional Rights, I'm really worried about what kind of 'decision' will be handed down.
Who is staying home tomorrow just to watch?
These inalienable rights were given to humans from God and as such apply to all of us regardless of where we were born or any other distinction.
These inalienable rights were given to humans from God and as such apply to all of us regardless of where we were born or any other distinction.
That is true, these ARE inalienable rights but the right of the United States to protect itself from criminals or enemies during wartime has been upheld as well. Whether that right is "God given" is up for argument as regards a country but it's clear that many of these inalienable rights can be suspended for some purpose or another, else we would have no prisons or executions. You can't deprive someone of their freedom right? Let's open all the jails then, see how that works.
The argument was never about whether the Gitmo detainees had inalienable rights, it was whether or not the government could suspend those rights in certain circumstances.
Nobody has the right to torture anyone, for any reason. Torture is not mere "cruelty," or "a certain amount" of pain (which is in itself subjective). Torture is an objective act: the coercion of the free will.
The simple clear truth is that anyone that can read English can understand both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Lawyerly discourse tends only to obfiscuscate it and likely is best ignored.
To that end, at least on my behalf, I don't really care what decision the SC renders. The 2nd is my right as an American citizen whose roots go back to before this was the United States and I will abide by the Constitution as it was written and intended..........
Y'all do as you will! I most certainly intend to.
Nobody has the right to torture anyone, for any reason. Torture is not mere "cruelty," or "a certain amount" of pain (which is in itself subjective). Torture is an objective act: the coercion of the free will.
Naked chicks dancing on a table in front of me, coaxing $20 bills from my wallet is "coercion" but I'm pretty sure I'm not going to find a jury that will consider it torture.......
I don't WANT to buy a table dance, I HAVE to.
It's all subjective, which is what we're talking about here.
Naked chicks dancing on a table in front of me, coaxing $20 bills from my wallet is "coercion" but I'm pretty sure I'm not going to find a jury that will consider it torture.......
I don't WANT to buy a table dance, I HAVE to.
It's all subjective, which is what we're talking about here.