Habeous Corpus, Rest In Peace

The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, & most prone to it.

James Madison said this long before George Bush was born. Long before there was an Islamic terrorist movement. Long before anyone thought of the ramifications of a president whose pied-piper attitude has lead congress and this country down the road to hell, or imperialism.

If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that in the administration of the criminal law the end justifies the means—to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal—would bring terrible retribution.

Justice Louis Brandies almost prophetically predicted the result of Richard Nixon whose autocratic attempt at grabbing power almost brought down a nation. This president, a C student, has not learned.

The Republican Party, the party of small government, less government intrusion, and live and let live has just created the biggest imperial power since the death of the Soviet Empire. By killing habeus corpus, the administration can put anyone in jail for any reason and deny them due process for an indefinite amount of time. This is the Military Commissions Act of 2007. It is the death of habeus corpus.

Don't take my word for it... see what respected international law expert Jonathan Turley has to say: