Showing posts with label Bill of Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bill of Rights. Show all posts

Monday, December 19, 2011

The Military Puts the Bill of Rights on Trial

Supporters of Accused WikiLeaks Source Rally as Hearing Continues
Charles Davis, Inter Press Service: "Hundreds of people gathered Saturday outside a U.S. military base where evidence against Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking classified information to the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, is being presented before a military judge for the first time since Manning's arrest."
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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Why Obama must not sign the unconstitutional military detention bill

Why a Constitutional Law Professor Should Not Sign an Unconstitutional Military Detention Bill
Ralph Lopez, War Is A Crime: "There has never been a better time to take a close look at how we got here, with Obama, a former Constitutional law professor, about to sign a law ... where anyone can be swept off the streets by the military to rot forever, or even be killed.... You don't need to be a constitutional scholar to know that permanent wartime powers amounts to the overthrow of the Bill of Rights of the US Constitution."
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