The Hard Cases

New Yorker by Jane Mayer | Feb. 18, 2009 (Special Report)

Will Obama institute a new kind of preventive detention for terrorist suspects?

... the Bush Administration’s decision to leave him in sustained isolation was akin to stranding him on a desert island. “It’s a Robinson Crusoe-like situation,” he told me. In 2005, Hafetz challenged the constitutionality of Marri’s imprisonment. A lower court affirmed the government’s right to detain him indefinitely. After several appeals, the case is scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court in April. Hafetz calls the Marri case a pivotal ... Full Story »

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by Peter Henry - Feb. 18, 2009

A review of the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, who is being held indefinitely in military detention in the U.S. for allegedly being a combatant in the "war on terror." Good journalism - factual, gives enough well-sourced details for the reader to become informed, and presents an interesting dilemma for President O. One possibility is a scenario whereby a new type of kangaroo court is created, allowing a non-defendent to be preventatively detained, I suppose for life.

On a factual basis I have a hard time understanding why any court in the U.S. lets this assertion stand, as there seems to be prima facie violation of several of the Bill of Rights but according to judicial review up through the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, so far this is considered legal. Now it looks like Obama will have to take a position on whether under his administration this kind of BS will be accepted.

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by Fred Gatlin - Feb. 18, 2009

This is an excellent article about an important issue. This story is will allow me to understand this issue much more.

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Harper's, MSNBC by Rachel Maddow | Feb. 18, 2009 (Interview)

() Thomas Jefferson and James Madison shared one definition of the term “tyrant”–a ruler who deprived a person of his freedom without operation of law and without ...

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