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Old 09-29-2006, 02:21 PM   #2
MaggieL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
Is an "unlawful alien enemy combatant" a person? If so, they get due process. You can't make up a random label that didn't exist in the 1700s and then say that the Constitution doesn't mention it.
Funny, that's the argument the Dems use for gun control. But never mind that...

It's not a random label; it's the definition in the law. But I didn't say the citation (which you didn't supply) had to mention "unlawful alien enemy combatant", only that it had to apply to them.

Were you perhaps thinking of Amendment V?

Quote:
Originally Posted by US Constitution
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger...
If you're going to present your interpretation of the Constitution, please cite the part you are interpreting.
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