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Al-Marri and the power to imprison U.S. citizens without charges

Tuesday's ruling by a right-wing appellate court further institutionalizes definitively un-American powers.
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  • Thursday, July 17, 2008 02:56 PM

    Bush - Domestic AUMF?

    @Greenlabormike

    My point is that I wonder if this is Legislative Intent which *does* modify legal interpretation.

    And I believe Amicus parties missed it because the OpEd was about Warentless Spying.

    "And making this argument implicitly suggests that the President could detain civilians in a military prison if he caught them elsewhere. In international waters, for example. "

    Only if they were associated with 9/11.

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