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Looked at his Wikipedia page to brush up on our Attorney General.. Also Jeff Sessions: "On October 5, 2005, Sessions was one of nine Senators who voted against

by pizza 10y ago

Looked at his Wikipedia page to brush up on our Attorney General.. Also Jeff Sessions: "On October 5, 2005, Sessions was one of nine Senators who voted against a Senate amendment to a House bill that prohibited cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment of individuals in the custody or under the physical control of the United States Government" "Sessions has been a strong supporter of civil forfeiture, the government practice of seizing property when it has allegedly been involved in a crime. Sessions opposes "any reform" of civil forfeiture legislation." Incredible.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Sessions#Crime_and_security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Sessions#Crime_and_securi...

aanm1988 10y ago
He was also too racist to be confirmed as a judge in the 80s. There is a nice letter from MLK's widow about him. Although, why would you need to have a law against cruel/inhumane treatment? Isn't that already part of the bill of rights?
- count 10y ago
  Bill of Rights only applies to US Citizens in the US.
  - jude- 10y ago
    Nope, it applies to every person within the US. The Bill of Rights does not even contain the word "citizen." Moreover, the SCOTUS has ruled multiple times [1] that every person in the US--illegally or not--is entitled to due process. [1] http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/255281-yes-illegal-aliens-have-constitutional-rights http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/255281-yes...
    - count 10y ago
      Sorry, 'in the US' is the key part, more so than 'US Citizens'. The bill was to protect detainees and 3rd party nationals in foreign areas (read: black prisons overseas).
- millstone 10y ago
  This is interesting so I dug a bit. Here is the amendment: https://www.congress.gov/amendment/109th-congress/senate-amendment/1977 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/109th-congress/senate-ame... The amendment prohibited "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment" for anyone in custody of the US government, including those physically outside of the US. Notably it was introduced by John McCain.
  - aanm1988 10y ago
    Oh right that makes sense.

by pizza 10y ago

aanm1988 10y ago

He was also too racist to be confirmed as a judge in the 80s. There is a nice letter from MLK's widow about him. Although, why would you need to have a law against cruel/inhumane treatment? Isn't that already part of the bill of rights?

count 10y ago
Bill of Rights only applies to US Citizens in the US.
- jude- 10y ago
  Nope, it applies to every person within the US. The Bill of Rights does not even contain the word "citizen." Moreover, the SCOTUS has ruled multiple times [1] that every person in the US--illegally or not--is entitled to due process. [1] http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/255281-yes-illegal-aliens-have-constitutional-rights http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/255281-yes...
  - count 10y ago
    Sorry, 'in the US' is the key part, more so than 'US Citizens'. The bill was to protect detainees and 3rd party nationals in foreign areas (read: black prisons overseas).
millstone 10y ago
This is interesting so I dug a bit. Here is the amendment: https://www.congress.gov/amendment/109th-congress/senate-amendment/1977 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/109th-congress/senate-ame... The amendment prohibited "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment" for anyone in custody of the US government, including those physically outside of the US. Notably it was introduced by John McCain.
- aanm1988 10y ago
  Oh right that makes sense.