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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: michael97123 who wrote (7009)12/16/2005 12:31:08 PM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (2) of 540831
 
The President and the security agencies do not have unfettered power to act as they see fit in a security-threat situation. They swear to uphold the Constitution. Where does it say in that document that wartime permits the suspension of anything except habeas corpus?

Give them free reign to decide when the Constitution is optional and you undermine the entire document and the democracy it supports. It is one of the most treasonous, anti-democratic steps I can think of.

But it's so easy to justify when people are scared, you can often get a temporary majority behind it. And the damage is done.

You can rebuild buildings and live with damage. You can't resurrect a mortally wounded democracy as easily.

I think the quote is one of the most courageous political comments I have ever come across. And it came from a man who knew the consequences of total war.

I know your partisanship won't let you accept that idea so let's leave it at that.
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