Originally posted by: Fern
Padilla was, on the facts with which we are presented, "armed and present in a combat zone during armed conflict between al Qaeda/Taliban forces and the armed forces
of the United States."
Fern
Mea Culpa. I missed that in my quick reading of the Padilla rulings.
That said, I still think a U.S. citizen arrested in the United States deserves some kind of access to the courts, regardless of the accusations against him. I don't see anything in AUMF that explicitly suspends Habeas Corpus; SCOTUS had to stretch to see even an implied suspension in the legislation.
Originally posted by: eskimospy
Originally posted by: heartless surgeon
I believe Padilla is in simple terms a traitor, and actually deserves to be executed. Our due process has actually spared his life. That's hardly a mockery of justice. Concern for Padillla is a mockery of common sense.
Did you just quote yourself? haha.
He had to; no one else would, except to refute him.