Corpse of Habeas Corpus
Habeas corpus- Law. a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, esp. for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
That thing there? The one in italics? America doesn't have that anymore. We gave it up when congress passed the terror bill this week. It allows the president to designate anyone as an enemy combatant and imprison them without trial for however long he sees fit. Oh, he can also torture them too. Geneva conventions are gone, stretched beyond recognition.
I really don't know what to say. You could see this coming a mile away. 1984 was not a goddamn motivational speech, people. It was a warning and we have failed as a country to pay any attention to it. You, yes you, can now be taken to a secret prison. No crime has to be committed, no charges have to be filed. All you have to do is catch the negative attention of the man in the oval office. Do you fucking hear me? I mean YOU, sitting there at your motherfucking desk, right now. You have NO RIGHTS if he wants your ass. NONE.
If you aren't taking this shit seriously it is time to start. Every time a president has had the right to imprison people on a whim, he has abused it. Alien and Sedition acts? Newspaper editors went to jail. World War II? Japanese internment camps. Fucking Civil War? Abe Lincoln himself threw thousands of US citizens in jail without trial. The men who abused this power before were far nobler, far smarter, and far more accountable than the monkey who currently wipes his ass with the flag. He lied to get this power, he lied as it was handed to him. If you think he is going to use it honorably, you are a fucking fool and I hope they get you before they get me.
Peace.
That thing there? The one in italics? America doesn't have that anymore. We gave it up when congress passed the terror bill this week. It allows the president to designate anyone as an enemy combatant and imprison them without trial for however long he sees fit. Oh, he can also torture them too. Geneva conventions are gone, stretched beyond recognition.
I really don't know what to say. You could see this coming a mile away. 1984 was not a goddamn motivational speech, people. It was a warning and we have failed as a country to pay any attention to it. You, yes you, can now be taken to a secret prison. No crime has to be committed, no charges have to be filed. All you have to do is catch the negative attention of the man in the oval office. Do you fucking hear me? I mean YOU, sitting there at your motherfucking desk, right now. You have NO RIGHTS if he wants your ass. NONE.
If you aren't taking this shit seriously it is time to start. Every time a president has had the right to imprison people on a whim, he has abused it. Alien and Sedition acts? Newspaper editors went to jail. World War II? Japanese internment camps. Fucking Civil War? Abe Lincoln himself threw thousands of US citizens in jail without trial. The men who abused this power before were far nobler, far smarter, and far more accountable than the monkey who currently wipes his ass with the flag. He lied to get this power, he lied as it was handed to him. If you think he is going to use it honorably, you are a fucking fool and I hope they get you before they get me.
Peace.