Maybeas Corpus
New at Reason: Somebody has the right to suspend the right of habeas corpus, but it's not the president. Jacob Sullum fights like hell for your right to a fair trial.
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As usual Jacob nails it! Though I usually look forward to Jacob’s anti Drug War editorials, this issue is just as insideous and dangerous to the future of liberty. I simply ask any Bushophiles who support his extrajudicial moves, “what if Clinton did this?”
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hey steve in CO,
you’ll probably get some sort of answer like “bush is an honorable man”. and so are they all…
just listen to big government conservatives call themselves “classical Liberals” – that’s how they manage the (lack of) principles gymnastics to get there.
drf