{"id":158,"date":"2003-06-05T13:28:37","date_gmt":"2003-06-05T18:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=158"},"modified":"2014-11-10T16:04:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T23:04:18","slug":"yeesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/06\/05\/yeesh.html","title":{"rendered":"Yeesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Granted, it’s a relatively brief AP blurb, with little to no analysis, but it certainly looks pretty goofy to me<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Attorney General John Ashcroft asked Congress Thursday for expanded powers to hold suspected terrorists indefinitely before trials …<\/p>\n

Um, Mr. Attorney General, sir? You know, there’s a reason why annoying bits like habeus corpus <\/i>and “speedy and public trial” were put into the Constitution? Y’know? I’m sure it must have been covered in Attorney General School.<\/p>\n

… and to let him seek the death penalty or life imprisonment for any terrorist act.<\/p>\n

Define “terrorist act.” And define it narrowly<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Ashcroft told the House Judiciary Committee that the 2001 Patriot Act signed into law after the Sept. 11 attacks should also be expanded to let prosecutors bring charges against anyone who supports or works with suspected terrorist groups as “material supporters.”<\/p>\n

Define “material supporters.” Define it narrowly<\/i>.<\/p>\n

“The law has several weaknesses which terrorists could exploit, undermining our defenses,” Ashcroft said.<\/p>\n

Explain first how the law has been hampered so far by these weaknesses. Explain, further, how the law has actually functioned. Demonstrate you’re doing your job<\/i>, sir, and we might <\/i>consider your judgment as to what you need, or don’t need, to be something we should consider.<\/p>\n

Feh.<\/p>\n

(via Scott<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Granted, it’s a relatively brief AP blurb, with little to no analysis, but it certainly looks pretty goofy to me: Attorney General John Ashcroft asked Congress Thursday for expanded powers…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[715,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-punishment","category-homeland-security"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":814,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/11\/12\/now_perhaps_the.html","url_meta":{"origin":158,"position":0},"title":"Now perhaps the Justice Dept. can turn to something useful","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 12-Nov-01 1:33pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A federal judge has temporarily blocked the DEA from going after doctors in Oregon who prescribe drugs that help terminally ill patients die. 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