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>Padilla was ultimatey tried and convicted in a federal civilian court You're OK with indefinitely detaining American citizens until the government slaps some
by obstacle1 13y ago
>Padilla was ultimatey tried and convicted in a federal civilian court
You're OK with indefinitely detaining American citizens until the government slaps some charges on & convicts? Spooky.
- rayiner 13y agoI'm not "OK" with what happened to Padilla, but the contention was that the executive branch "has been given the power" to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens, and that assertion is false. Read the history of the Padilla case: http://www.nyclu.org/case/padilla-v-bushhamdi-v-rumsfeld-challenging-detention-of-us-citizen-without-charges-or-trial http://www.nyclu.org/case/padilla-v-bushhamdi-v-rumsfeld-cha.... See also: http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/what-supreme-court-really-said-about-jose-padilla http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/what-supreme-cou.... There was a legal wrangling over the scope of the President's detention powers, and Padilla's appeal to the Supreme Court was rendered moot by the government deciding to charge him. No U.S. citizen has been indefinitely detained since.