http://www.geebobg.com/2006/09/28/the-past-is-dead-the-future-is-unimaginable/ Americlecticintellectica Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:02:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.geebobg.com/2006/09/28/the-past-is-dead-the-future-is-unimaginable/comment-page-1/#comment-54 gee bobg » Blog Archive » Well, that’s that Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:08:25 +0000 http://www.emphatic.com/bobg/wordpress/2006/09/28/the-past-is-dead-the-future-is-unimaginable/#comment-54 [...] The House and the Senate approved the detainee bill. Bush is expected to sign it into law this weekend. At that point, and until it is ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (which is by no means assured, given the partisanship of that body and the technicality that the only ones with the legal “standing” to challenge the new law will be those who have already been isolated from the legal system), America will be a dictatorship, with a head of government empowered to define the “enemy” as he sees fit and make any such person disappear forever with no legal remedy at all. [...] [...] The House and the Senate approved the detainee bill. Bush is expected to sign it into law this weekend. At that point, and until it is ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (which is by no means assured, given the partisanship of that body and the technicality that the only ones with the legal “standing” to challenge the new law will be those who have already been isolated from the legal system), America will be a dictatorship, with a head of government empowered to define the “enemy” as he sees fit and make any such person disappear forever with no legal remedy at all. [...]

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