As I noted above "Obama did away with Habeas Corpus (protected by the Fifth Amendment at one time) in favor of indefinite detention. He and the government were sued by Chris Hedges and others, but the case dismissed for "lack of standing."
That ship has sailed! The Bill of Rights was a great ideal, but not functional in a security state w…
As I noted above "Obama did away with Habeas Corpus (protected by the Fifth Amendment at one time) in favor of indefinite detention. He and the government were sued by Chris Hedges and others, but the case dismissed for "lack of standing."
That ship has sailed! The Bill of Rights was a great ideal, but not functional in a security state where all rights can be dismissed with a casual, unquestionable "National Security!" Look at the First Amendment, January 6th Trumpers, and compare to Jefferson's "Tree of Liberty" Letter (like Matt Taibbi, Jefferson was a great writer but not much of a speaker): laphamsquarterly.org/revolutions/tree-liberty
As I noted above "Obama did away with Habeas Corpus (protected by the Fifth Amendment at one time) in favor of indefinite detention. He and the government were sued by Chris Hedges and others, but the case dismissed for "lack of standing."
That ship has sailed! The Bill of Rights was a great ideal, but not functional in a security state where all rights can be dismissed with a casual, unquestionable "National Security!" Look at the First Amendment, January 6th Trumpers, and compare to Jefferson's "Tree of Liberty" Letter (like Matt Taibbi, Jefferson was a great writer but not much of a speaker): laphamsquarterly.org/revolutions/tree-liberty