Rou

There are a lot of reasons people talk smack about the Bush administration. Some of them justified, others are just frustration.

Alberto Gonzales is one of the former. He honestly sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee and said that the constitution doesn't specifically grant habeas corpus to US citizens. It just forbids Congress from removing it.

Maybe it's just semantics but if you forbid Congress from taking it away from the citizens, it seems clear to me that it's something the citizens must have. You don't forbid someone from taking away something that you don't have. It's just that simple. Habeas Corpus was common law in the 13th century for fucks sake! Medieval fucking people had it. It was fucking assumed by the fucking 1700's!!!

Even if you try to do the linguistic limbo with this and act as if it's not protected, you're really not thinking about what you're implying. Becuase if that's the viewpoint you take on the constituion, you're going to lose a LOT more that just the right to question the legality of your imprisonment. Oh yeah.

The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.

See how that's written as a limit on congressional power? It's written that way for a reason. It's better to say what Congress can't do, than to try to enumerate what it CAN do. Thus, the Bill of rights.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Take a look at that from that perspective. Turns out, we don't have a right to free speech. Congress doesn't have to take it away because we don't HAVE it. Sounds stupid when you hold up the Holy First Amendment to it, doesn't it?

I swear fucking Gonzales makes Ashcroft look good and I thought that cockstain was horrible. Did Alberto not get to the 9th amendment in college? Played hookie when they discussed the scope and limit of congressional power? Miss a few days in Law school where they explained about the Constitution and how THE FUCK IT WORKS???

You're a piece of shit. Die screaming, right next to Jen.