[MRM]

If the people we capture are bad guys, a habeus hearing hurts nothing because the government will be able to prove their case and keep the guy in detention. But requiring the government to account for its prisoners and state a basis for their continued indefinite detention protects the liberty of you and me. If they can do it to Gitmo detainees, they can start moving the goal line in my direction. If they can't do it to them, then we are all safer.

What did Larry Flint say at the end of his movie? Something like he was proud that the Constiution protected people like him, because if it protected a lowlife like him, it really protected the good people of the country. If we provide habeus for detainees, it goes a long way toward making sure citizens' rights are not eroded.

Rick, aren't you stocking up on guns 'n' ammo for the coming apocolypse? If the SC keeps upholding individual rights and requiring the government to follow basic procedural safeguards you might not need to.