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Originally Posted by Vexx
He certainly has the "power" - the problem is it undercuts nearly nine hundred years of jurisprudence (see Magna Carta) that Anglo-American law relies on over and above the constitutional issues.
Are the two political parties really unable to comprehend the ramifications of diluting the rule-of-law that badly? I was concerned about this consequence the instant the Bush administration decided to treat terrorists like military warriors instead of criminals. The reverse was inevitable -- suddenly mere criminals were destined to be labeled terrorists and no due process was necessary.
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There was a movie about something like this in the early 1930s. I believe it was called "Gabrial Over the White House".
It was seen as what people like William Randolph Hearst wanted FDR to do once in office in 1933.