Old Weird Ward
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Friday, February 25, 2005
- - - - - When Is Government Called to Account? - - - - -
This article by Andrew Napolitano was brought to my attention by Kim du Toit in this post.
Mr. du Toit has a well-deserved reputation for (a)getting very visibly angry, and (b) intemperate verbiage. He is, nontheless, quite correct in this case.
Judge Napolitano makes, in my opinion, a very well reasoned case for the following:
1. Prosecuting police officers who violate the laws and Constitutions of their states, and of the United States.
2. Prosecuting attorneys-general, State and Federal, both current and former, who violate the Constitutions of their states, and/or of the United States.
3. Reviewing very carefully ANY prosecutions brought under the Patriot Act, which is, itself, of dubious legality.
I have now, and have always had, serious qualms about the legality of holding US citizens incommunicado in any US facility for any reason. IF a crime has been committed, by a US citizen, then bring them to trial. And not a secret trial by military tribunal, either! An open trial, the evidence, ALL of the evidence, presented in open court, with the opportunity to confront their accusers, with a jury of their peers to pass a verdict. Secret trial = Secret Police - and I won't have it. It's not the American way.
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