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Originally posted by Spanky
Wow - sometimes I think you must smoke a lot of crack.
We were talking about giving the Writ of Habeus Corpus to enemy combatants. We were also talking about giving the writ of Habeas corpus to non United States citizens being held overseas. No one was saying that US citizens, in the United States did not get the writ of Habeas Corpus under the Constituion.
So, with all due respect, I was not wrong.
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You said the Constitution said nothing about habeus corpus. That was wrong. The provision I quoted from the Constitution also says nothing about whether the writ is available only to citizens, nor does it say it is only available to petitioners in the US. If you read it again, you'll see that it is the ability of the executive to suspend the writ that is limited by actions in the US. So, you are again, wrong.
The conversation was also about foreign persons under custody of officers and agents of the United States, which is subject to the Constitution no matter where it operates. Finally, I was responding to a statement you made where Ty had clearly stipulated the petitioner was innocent. Once again, that would make you...wrong.
Maybe if you spent less time thinking about my drug use you might be better able to keep track of the conversation.
