Comments on: Due Process in Jeopardy

By: theunknownamerican

theunknownamerican — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:25:30 +0000

This could be why they are labeling everything that consevatives say as either crazy or 'conspiracy theory'.

By: theunknownamerican

theunknownamerican — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:21:47 +0000

Technichally speaking the federal government has no power to punish people for crimes since it is not within their enumerated powers. I'm surprised some cafty defense attourny hasn't figured out a way to use that in a federal court somewhere.

By: theunknownamerican

theunknownamerican — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:19:41 +0000

I know we all hate child molesters but ensuring that they serve the sentence given to them protects everyone else in the process. What if the government issued you a speeding ticked and after you paid it they decided that you are to dangerous of a driver and decided to revoke your license even though you paid the fine. Once the government learns it can re-issue penalties after your first one it can do that to everyone.

2nd, if you want child molesters to stay in jail forever then give them all life sentences to begin with.

By: Mike A

Mike A — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:31:05 +0000

We must start READING the laws and about the jurisdiction for which they apply. In this case, Title 18 seems to be the most modified so I started there and began looking at the definitions, created by congress, for things like State and United States… And bingo, right in Title 18 Part 1 Chapter 1 Section 5 : "The term “United States”, as used in this title in a territorial sense, includes all places and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, except the Canal Zone." So, is your "State" a territory of the United States, like Guam? Or do you live in one of the States of the union?

Congress defines things for a reason. However, they do NOT explain those same things for a DIFFERENT reason. If we the people believe congress to have a certain power over us, who are they to dispute the people. WAKE UP! READ! Then hold the weasles to their word and make them respect the states and their laws…

Bill Clinton said it best, "It all depends on what your definition of the word IS is". He wasn't kidding – its all about terms as defined and words as used in every day speech. They ARE NOT the same thing.

By: JBfromTENNESSEE

JBfromTENNESSEE — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:02:46 +0000

I think the most perturbing part of the above article, for me, is from Solicitor General Kagan when she said, "…that anything Congress plausibly thought a part of running a ‘responsible criminal justice system’ was within the scope of federal power.” How's that for broadening the power of the federal gov't? Anything Congress plausibly thought? So am I to understand, per SG Kagan, Congress could come up with any cockamamie law, regardless of its constitutionality, call it 'plausible', and enact it unquestioned? Laughable! This is but one more example of the fed's unabated arrogance…not that this is anything new.

By: reasonjester

reasonjester — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:12:09 +0000

Imprisonment of "insane" political dissidents is widespread practice in totalitarian states. The combination of punishment and mental health diagnostics into one neat little package begs for abuse of power and violation of due process. For those who are interested in fictional accounts of the abuse of mental health facilities in the former Soviet Union, see: Ward Number 6 [http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/WardNumb.shtml] by Anton Chekhov Master and Margarita, Chapter 6: Schizophrenia [http://lib.ru/BULGAKOW/master_engl.txt] by Mikhail Bulgakov There is also an excellent entry in Wikipedia (believe it or not) under "Punitive psychiatry in the Soviet Union" with numerous references, including first hand accounts and other primary sources.

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By: Monorprise

Monorprise — Fri, 28 May 2010 22:09:37 +0000

no, were suppose make them face only the sentence they were sentence to. Although to be frank the real issue is the Federal government doing this, this should be an state matter alone, if it is to be a matter at all.

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