@GottaLaff I apprciate Merkley doing the Lord's work here. But, and I hate to float this...
... is he wrong? It seems like since 9/11, the US has been building a framework whereby it justifies not applying the Constitution to everyone under its power.
@GottaLaff I'd definitely hope so. I've never been able to wrap my head around how the Constitution allowed the creation of the Guantanamo Bay prison complex or extraordinary rendition, but history seems to have borne out the fact that it did, so I had to put all of this into my "I just don't […]
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... is he wrong? It seems like since 9/11, the US has been building a framework whereby it justifies not applying the Constitution to everyone under its power.
He _shouldn't_ be wrong, but I don't know […]
I believe the theory is that the people you mentioned weren't located IN the US, they were in another country when nabbed.
That's MY senator, and I'm damn proud!
Patel is an idiotic sycophant, of whom there is nothing more to say.