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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
The problem is that this can go beyond Bush. The next President can do this now, followed by the next. Once you stricken it, it's done. Government doesn't like to give rights back to their citizens after taking them.
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Sure... hate to say it, but can smell a cancer which has been festering for a few years now and none of it is in any way helpful to the US - or the rest of the world. Agree that once a law has been passed, it takes a volume of effort to have it removed and a balance restored - and that rarely happens in reality.
Almost every week or so now there is still more bullshit ideas flowing which basically curb many things from individual rights to selling some, often crazy idea of "control" (eg .. current claims of some "authority" in space). Ya can't help but wonder why the rush to implement change on these fundamental laws - is it a push to pass as much bullshit as possible before leaving office and having a nice set of new conditions in place for a future president?
Only me, but smell these are dangerous people and would doubt much of the reasoning given years ago for others "limitations" - eg.. the International Criminal Court. This was primarily for major human rights abuses, tho the objection given was that it was for the protection of US forces. Seriously doubt any judge in the ICC would even listen to weak allegations against any serving force, US or otherwise - and suspect this has more to do with covering asses of bodies in Washington. There are many more examples, but overall - don't look too good.
When any doctrine starts removing basic rights - it's a massive flashing warning sign and time for an electorate to stand up and vote to resist all future attempts at changing/removing the rights granted under the constitution of a nation. Sounds like this time as come. Shit - we are talking about a nation which did have valid claims to being a genuine democracy - sad stuff!!