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To: jlallen who wrote (32989)	12/18/2003 7:27:02 PM
From: Mannie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

So what is the problem with just charging Padilla with a crime, and then sending him off for trial? As an attorney and an American, doesn't it make you a bit uncomfortable that a citizen of this country can be locked away for an unlimited amount time, uncharged and unrepresented?

To: jlallen who wrote (32989)	12/19/2003 1:23:07 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 89467

"The President's inherent constitutional powers do not extend to the detention as an enemy combatant of American citizens without express congressional authorization," the court concluded in a decision signed by Judges Barrington D. Parker and Rosemary S. Pooler. "Padilla will be entitled to the constitutional protections extended to other citizens." Thursday's ruling constitutes one of the strongest judicial rebukes of the administration's tactics in the war on terrorism -- in this case, its policy of aggressively detaining suspects without formal charges and without access to lawyers or their families. ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! washingtonpost.com