{"id":26488,"date":"2012-02-17T11:13:54","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T18:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/why-look-justice-can-be-served-in-civilian-courts-after-all.html"},"modified":"2012-02-21T20:37:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T03:37:51","slug":"why-look-justice-can-be-served-in-civilian-courts-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/why-look-justice-can-be-served-in-civilian-courts-after-all.html","title":{"rendered":"Why, look — justice can be served in civilian courts after all"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the long litany of complaints from conservatives that anyone accused of terrorism has to be thrown into a military clink and handled by dubiously legal (and not terribly effective) military tribunals — well, lookie here, we've got a terrorist who was tried, convicted, and is now serving a life term, all through a civilian<\/i> court. Just like the Founders intended. Amazing! #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Radio silence from conservative critics who said the civilian court system couldn't handle the 'Underwear Bomber':<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConservatives Quiet After Saying Civilian System Couldn\u2019t Handle Underwear Bomber<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUmar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called \u201cunderwear bomber,\u201d was sentenced to life in prison Thursday following his trial in federal court. Two years ago, Republicans insisted trying Abdulmutallab in …\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the long litany of complaints from conservatives that anyone accused of terrorism has to be thrown into a military clink and handled by dubiously legal (and not terribly effective) military tribunals — well, lookie here, we've got a terrorist who was tried, convicted, and is now serving a life term, all through a civilian … Continue reading “Why, look — justice can be served in civilian courts after all”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[106,17],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-26488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-homeland-security","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28026,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/29\/theyre-all-militants.html","url_meta":{"origin":26488,"position":0},"title":"They're all militants","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 29-May-12 9:52am","format":false,"excerpt":"It's easy to reduce civilian casualties from drone attacks: just identify, by definition, anyone (or at least \"any male of military age\") where a drone hits as a \"militant.\" Could be a relative. Could be the pizza guy. Could be the plumber. Could be a teenager. Guilt by association meets\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&gadget=a&resize_h=100&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.salon.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fglenn_headlines-150x150.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":128094,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/20\/governor-huckabee-is-outraged-outraged-that-a-gay-man-can-lead-the-army.html","url_meta":{"origin":26488,"position":1},"title":"Governor Huckabee is outraged, OUTRAGED, that a gay man can lead the army","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 20-Sep-15 9:28am","format":false,"excerpt":"Mike Huckabee is not happy about the president's nomination of Eric Fanning as the next Secretary of the Army. No, not happy at all (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mikehuckabee\/posts\/10153290377432869):'It's clear President Obama is more interested in appeasing America's homosexuals than honoring America's heroes. Veterans suicide is out-of-control and military readiness is dangerously low, yet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/o-MIKE-HUCKABEE-facebook5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/o-MIKE-HUCKABEE-facebook5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/o-MIKE-HUCKABEE-facebook5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4849,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/12\/18\/due_process.html","url_meta":{"origin":26488,"position":2},"title":"Due process","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 18-Dec-03 11:52am","format":false,"excerpt":"The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that Jose Padilla cannot be detained as an enemy combatant (previous commentary here and here). The court decided that an American citizen,...","rel":"","context":"In "Homeland Security"","block_context":{"text":"Homeland Security","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/homeland-security"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24941,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/30\/killing-for-if-not-fun-profit.html","url_meta":{"origin":26488,"position":3},"title":"Killing for, if not fun, profit","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 30-Dec-11 1:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The continued privatization of the US armed forces continues, as civilian contractors play a significant role in all those CIA and military drone flights, including ones that fire missiles and kill people.Interestingly enough, I'd never read the stats about the size of the support staff it takes to run a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3815,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/03\/26\/disturbing_thou.html","url_meta":{"origin":26488,"position":4},"title":"Disturbing thoughts","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 26-Mar-03 8:13am","format":false,"excerpt":"I know that one of the \"It's a war crime!\" thangs going on lately has involved Iraqi military dropping their uniforms and, amongst the civilian population, taking pot shots at...","rel":"","context":"In "Geopolitical Brouhaha"","block_context":{"text":"Geopolitical Brouhaha","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/geopolitical-brouhaha"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13356,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/01\/14\/when_the_only_tool_you_ha.html","url_meta":{"origin":26488,"position":5},"title":"When the only tool you have is an army, every problem looks like a war","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 14-Jan-09 8:05pm","format":false,"excerpt":"What? Someone from the military suggesting that we need to spend money on things other than the military? Inconceivable! The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday that...","rel":"","context":"In "Geopolitical Brouhaha"","block_context":{"text":"Geopolitical Brouhaha","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/geopolitical-brouhaha"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}