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To: E who wrote (16143)6/30/2002 12:57:25 PM
From: Lazarus_Long   of 21057
 
military trials of American citizens are unconstitutional
Unquestionably, unless martial law has been declared.

This would allow detention w/o trial:
Article I
Section 9.
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The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.

and that "the most recent antiterrorism legislation will allow the police to compel records from any business regarding any person, including medical records from hospitals, educational records from universities, and even records of books that have been checked out from the local library or purchased from the bookstore."
I fail to see any change to previous subpoena powers.

"If present trends continue, it is likely that America will drift toward national
identification cards
These really already exist don't they? SS cards? A "benefit" of the welfare state? One of the points conservatives have tried to make for decades is that such things are so easily abused by gov'ts.

, a national police force,
And what are the FBI, ATF, DEA, ......?

and more extensive military involvement in domestic affairs,"
That we've avoided - so far.
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