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In reply to the discussion: Supreme Court backs Secret Service arrest of man confronting Cheney [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)39. OK, now we have conflicting accounts
As the matter never came to court, no one was compelled to testify UNDER OATH about any pertinent facts, so this is hearsay. How can anyone say he "falsely denied" anything when no evidence has ever been presented in a court of law UNDER OATH?
Again:
1) The USSS agents on the scene at the time apparently saw NOTHING which constituted assault committed in front of them since, if they had, they would have taken the man down there and then. If you assault the vice-president of the United States in front of his security detail, you WILL BE TAKEN DOWN RIGHT THERE.
2) Significantly after the fact, a USSS supervisor decided that a "retaliatory arrest" was in order, and the Thomas Court upheld this new power 9-0.
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I didn't. It was in your agreement with the verdict. If you read the SC's rationale for said verdict
villager
Jun 2012
#7
Ginsburg and Breyer voted with the others so do you claim that they support retaliatory arrests?
cstanleytech
Jun 2012
#12
No charges being filed doesnt mean they dont have grounds techincally for an arrest.
cstanleytech
Jun 2012
#15
Wasnt that ruling based around the whole "they arent citizens so they have no rights" excuse? If so
cstanleytech
Jun 2012
#46
Actually the court hasnt ruled on that aspect yet for US citizens if your refering to
cstanleytech
Jun 2012
#57
You can be arrested pretty easy already if a police officer is determined enough to do so the ruling
cstanleytech
Jun 2012
#47
I dont recall it specifying the time though but thats not the point which was the court
cstanleytech
Jun 2012
#56
Equating Cheney to Eichmann is somewhat ahistorical. Cheney is more akin to
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#21
Well, I'm an opponent of capital punishment, even for the darkest of rodents, so
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#36
Russ Feingold would have taken them on, as would Eliot Spitzer or Anthony Weiner. But the
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#54
Listen carefully Can you hearing the Founding Father's scream from their graves at the outrageous
lookingfortruth
Jun 2012
#9
Let's just face it this Deomcracy is a fraud. It has been the United States for the Corporations of
lookingfortruth
Jun 2012
#19
"he had bumped the vice president." Really? He "bumped" Cheney? What does that mean?
wordpix
Jun 2012
#26