American Citizen held 18 months without a lawyer

[KC]

Originally posted by Torone@Dec 1 2003, 12:05 PM
Quotes are getting too long...

Yeah, to one who considers the guy a common criminal, those might apply; BUT he is not a common criminal. He is an enemy spy/combatant; and as such is dealt with in a different system.

The Constitution doesn't differentiate between a "common criminal" and a spy. It's very clear that ALL Americans are granted these rights.

The term "Enemy Combatant" doesn't appear in the Constitution or even in the Patriot Act.

These arguments are getting old.

Here's the bottom line.

a) I believe the way this situation was handled was un-Constitutional.

A district court also felt the Gov't was violating Padilla's rights.

c) The Gov't appealed that decision.

d) A 3 panel court in New York recently agreed to hear the appeal and will likely rule in the next few days.

I hope that they don't end up having to release this guy because of a little technicality like.... violating his rights for a year and a half.