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In reply to the discussion: I'm astonished so many DUers are cool with ending Habeas Corpus [View all]Bucky
(53,998 posts)The suspension of Posse Comitatus, the handwaving of Habeas Corpus and the 4th Amendment, the ending of the presumption of innocence, and all related abuses within this NDAA are morally unconscionable. When I think about the enormity of this decision and the core disrespect for the Bill of Rights, it makes me question whether I can vote for this president next year. I've never said that before. I'll probably vote for him because the Republicans are gonna put up someone far worse, in all likelihood.
The worst part is, we don't have to go all the way to Nazi Germany to see abuses like this in history. The Alien and Sedition Acts, the near-fascism of Huey Long, the sweeping evils of Jim Crow segregation, and the homogenizing terror of two Red Scares all remind us that civil rights are jeopardized back home in America as badly as any extreme foreign examples. When people dare to say "civil liberties apply to me and not to thee" they have crossed the line that no American should ever cross.