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Originally Posted by notoldschool
WRONG!
Ron Paul is the only Republican presidential candidate who voted against the Iraq War from the start. Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate with any respect for the Constitution and maintaining Congressional and Executive behavior anywhere near within set and explicit Constitutional limits.
In the Presidential debate Ron Paul gave a strong statement supporting privacy rights and stating that as President he would never abuse Habeas Corpus. Rudy Giuliani thinks that respecting the Constitution in that way is laughable
http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=548
"Congress is not much better when it comes to protecting against the erosion of the centuries-old habeas corpus doctrine. By declaring anyone an ?enemy combatant??a totally arbitrary designation by the President? the government can deny an individual his right to petition a judge or even speak with an attorney. Though there has been a good debate on the insanity of our policy of torturing prisoners, holding foreigners and Americans without charges seems acceptable to many. Did it never occur to those who condemn torture that unlimited detention of individuals without a writ of habeas corpus is itself torture?especially for those who are totally innocent? Add this to the controversial worldwide network of secret CIA prisons now known of for 2 years, and we should be asking ourselves what we have become as a people. Recent evidence that we?re using white phosphorus chemical weapons in Iraq does nothing to improve our image." |
This has nothing to do with what he would do as a Congressman. It has nothing to do with the creation of laws. This is a decision based on how the constitution should be interpreted.
Ron Paul supports contructionist judges. In fact, his entire platform is based on that and how the government and courts have overstepped their boundaries. The strict constructionist judges dissented in this decision while the liberal judges were the majority. Argue it all you want, but Ron Paul is on the side of Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Roberts when it comes to Supreme Court decisions.