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i wonder what marshal they'll get to make the law. i hope we get "Walker: Texas Marshal".
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I'm actually worried for my new boss... she's Lebanese.
My soon-to-be-former boss at my soon-to-be-former library is also Lebanese. Nifty.
As for the moron who said that civil rights might be abolished, I want his resignation on my desk, tomorrow. Or his head. Whichever's easier.
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You haven't seen our workroom. She doesn't have time to scan all the books we get, much less read any of them. And we're... two childrens' librarians, one adult librarian, and a circ assistant down as of next Wednesday. And as of three weeks after that, they'll be missing a page, too. Daad needs a vacation. Or a few clones. Or both.
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quote:Originally posted by Vogon Poet: So far IDS remains leader of the Conservative Party, the Nazi has been sacked, and it's largely forgotten.
As are the conservatives...
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Maybe if IDS had been the PM, it might have been more serious. But unless Labour screw up even worse than they have been of late, the Tories may not even be in Opposition after the next election.
A couple years ago. When a Conservative talks about Executive Orders, issuing of mass, destruction of freedom by, he's a "paranoid."
Now, When a liberal talks about the same, (down to the same exact EO's) he isn't?
Someone's either a paranoid or a hypocrite.
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Or drunk?
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To clarify on my earlier post -- yes, Justice Rehnquist's article was an opinion-based work, but it was presented in a way that heavily relied on legal interpretation, focusing on the reasoning for the Supreme Court's decisions for those three court cases.
So the article doesn't constitute an official opinion or policy in and of itself. However, many Americans regard the Supreme Court as one of the primary bastions of civil rights, as the last resort for those whose rights are infringed by laws that Congress and the President put into force. If the Chief Justice writes an article that effectively supports the Japanese internment camps, I'd say that's a strong indication as to which way Justice Rehnquist (and possibly the entire Supreme Court) could lean should these proposed new internment camps for Arab-Americans actually become a reality.
THAT'S what worries me. The fact that others in the government are going to be willing to go along with this because of an illusory "national defense" justification. And the fact that the Supreme Court may be willing to screw over loyal American citizens again exclusively because of their ethnicity.
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I'd say that if argued before the Court now, it would be another 5-4 decision. A decision in favor of internment.
Although I wonder which way O'Connor would go, I think it's pertty easy to figure which way Scalia, Rehnquist and Thomas would go.
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Once again the Bush Administration is worse than I had imagined, even though I thought I had already taken account of the fact that the Bush administration is invariably worse than I can imagine. ~Brad DeLong
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How would you expect it to go in the event of a second attack, similar in nature and impact, which is what the original article assumed?
Let's say, for example, that terrorists linked to Al-Qaeda hit Disneyworld during the busy season (this winter).
Personally, I would expect the general public (people not as smart or disciplined as us here)'s reaction to make what happened post-9-11 look like a picnic. Then the govt. might call internship "protective custody."
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And then we would, of course, be in need of not just a president, but a national father. Perhaps Bush would be willing to run for Father? The state knows what is best for us, after all. Defeating terrorism is the sole concern of government, and nothing must be allowed to get in the way of that.
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