Prison Camps for Americans at the Hands of Republicans

Many of you are already well aware of Bush's intent to be able to imprison whomever he wishes for any length of time whatsoever without bringing the prisoner before a court. On Tuesday he will sign into law the Military Commissions Act (S. 3930) allowing him to declare U.S. citizens (that's you and me) to be "unlawful enemy combatants." (http://www.alternet.org/rights/42458/) Now, you might reply that you're not concerned because the administration would have to demonstrate some reason for detaining you, and under normal circumstances that's correct. You'd be referring to your right of habeas corpus (literally meaning to "bring the body out") ensuring that your case is heard before a court of law to determine whether you can lawfully be detained. However, this outrageous piece of legislation allows the president to suspend habeas corpus rights, thereby enabling our indefinite detainment without trial. Aren't we so lucky that the "Christian conservative" Republican party is in power in Washington to protect our liberties? If you still believe that lie about the Republicans then I have to ask which planet you've been living on the past 5 years.

The only silver lining here is that I do believe the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down this legislation or certain parts of it as obviously unconstitutional. What will be VERY interesting to see is how Roberts and Alito will rule. I think the left-wingers will strike it down out of sheer political opposition to anything and everything that has Bush's fingerprints on it - certainly a case of lemons being made into lemonade. Of course, Scalia and Thomas will decide the legislation unlawful, but I'm very intrigued to see how the two Bush appointees (centralist government liberals by most measures) will rule. And so, the plot thickens!