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I am less concerned with whether Padilla was actually a bad guy than whether the process was actually a bad process. If we allow a precedent that the governmen
by dzdt 8y ago
I am less concerned with whether Padilla was actually a bad guy than whether the process was actually a bad process. If we allow a precedent that the government can remove someone's rights by saying the word "terrorist" then those rights are not worth much anymore.
- 0x445442 8y agoExactly, the word "terrorist" is just another example of linguistic gamesmanship. The Gubment doesn't get to recast accusations of murder as accusations of "terrorism" just so they can circumvent the Constitution and Bill of Rights.