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  • From: paxamicus AT earthlink.net
  • To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Stealing an Election-Big Picture
  • Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 22:12:33 -0500

There were two versions, the one that passed eliminated the word "alien" and does
(or did) in fact allow for US citizens to be named unlawful enemy combatants.



"[edit] Scope of the Act
Sec. 948b. Military commissions generally

(a) Purpose— This chapter establishes procedures governing the use of military commissions to try alien unlawful enemy combatants engaged in hostilities against the United States for violations of the law of war and other offenses triable by military commission. "

****Note "alien unlawful enemy combatants". 'not' "joe the citizen"

&

****SCOTUS has ruled that 'section 7 " of the Act is unconstitutional, though you wouldn't know it by going to the ACLU site. This is just fund-raising fodder for them - ignore their propaganda. By the way, I still don't know what section 7 is, but evidently that is what was found most objectional by the plaintaffs seeking habaeus corpus.

The Constitution does 'not' specifically give any rights to foreign combatants who are fighting against us on foreign soil. It just does not. This Act maight be good or bad depending on your view of "human" rights in war. But it does not conflict with the Constitution. .....bobford








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