Cowardly Congress to Pass Unconstitutional Detainee Bill

Welcome to the lawless land.

Associated Press:

Congress
sent President Bush a bill Friday that endorses his plan to interrogate
and prosecute terror suspects, legislation Republicans hope will win
them political points on the campaign trail.

Once Bush signs it, which he was expected to do very soon, the military can begin prosecuting terror suspects.

Many
Democrats opposed the legislation because they said it eliminated
rights of defendants considered fundanamental to American values, such
as a person's ability to protest court detention and the use of coerced
tesimony as evidence.

This bill is a pig. It's
probably the worst piece of legislation to get to the President's desk
in my lifetime -- I say 'probably', because this bill shows that no
abuse of liberty is beyond the current Congress. The New York Times
compare it to the Alien and Sedition Act. We now allow the President --
a big fan of torture -- to define what constitutes torture. We've taken
the right of Habeus Corpus away from anyone the administration
calls a terrorist. If you've done nothing wrong, you can be imprisoned
and you'll have no opportunity to plead your innocence. The President
can imprison anyone, without presenting evidence, for as long as he
likes.