Re:A Secretly Detained American Has Asked for a Lawyer – But...
by morganvachon on Sunday December 03, 2017 @12:38PM
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> "Otherwise the gov't could claim you're an enemy combatant every time they want to take your rights away, and then lock you up forever."
Which is exactly what the judge in this case is afraid of:
Judge Chutkan recognized how dangerous the government’s claims are.
“The government could snatch any U.S. citizen off the street and hold them as an enemy combatant… for as long as it took to come to some ‘final disposition,’” she posited. “That kind of unchecked power is, quite frankly, frightening.”
Which is exactly what the judge in this case is afraid of:
Judge Chutkan recognized how dangerous the government’s claims are.
“The government could snatch any U.S. citizen off the street and hold them as an enemy combatant… for as long as it took to come to some ‘final disposition,’” she posited. “That kind of unchecked power is, quite frankly, frightening.”