Call me paranoid if you like but I am getting a little bit scared. I am a Green Card Holder and am, I hope, in the last stages of getting my U.S. citizenship. I also frequently write letters to the newspapers, mostly unpublished, decrying the actions of the current administration.
Today the President signed into law a bill that removes Habeaus Corpus safeguards from Green Card Holders if they are deemed to "give material aid" to terrorists.
If I write that terrorist suspects should receive the benefits of Habeaus Corpus, is that giving material aid?
If I write that the US reliance on the State Secrets defense in the Arar and el-Masri cases is misguided, is that giving material aid?
If I write that retrospective legislation indemnifying US agents against war crimes is odious (Boston Globe, August 13th. 2006), is that giving material aid?
If I write that this administration has shown a contempt for international law, for the Geneva Convention, and for the Vienna Protocol on consular relations, is that giving material aid?
I hope not. But I am no longer sure and that is why I am just a little bit scared.
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Showing posts with label legislation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label legislation. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
Gun Legislation
June 19th. 2006
Sent to but not published in the Boston Globe
Thank you for your warning (Editorial: The Call of the Gun Lobby, June 19, 2006, P: A 17) of the impending anarchy that we can expect if the gun lobby gets this legislation past.You do us a disservice by not mentioning which legislators are sponsoring this appalling piece of legislation. We need to know so that we can have the opportunity to vote the anarchists out.
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