We May No Longer Be a Free People

The Supreme Court ruled Dubya is violating the Constitution by denying habeas corpus to the detainees in Guantanamo. He is further violating the Constitution by his implementation of the hideous Patriots Act, by the creation of the Homeland Security Agency, by making war on a sovereign state without a Declaration of War by Congress, and “as sixteen eminent British academics have certified, the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive self-defense (a Dubya oxymoron) is illegal under international law.” Recently, his NSA act has eliminated habeas corpus for all Americans and wiped out the Bill of Rights. These are a few of his illegal actions, which directly undermine the foundation of our democracy.

His attacks on the civil rights of the American people and the people of the world have no equal in the Modern Era. His small-mindedness is exceeded only by his arrogance and disregard for the rule of law.

Americans would do well to take to heart the words of David Davis written in 1866 :

“The Constitution of the United States of America is a law for rulers and people equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.”

The protection of the Constitution can never be subverted by anyone if we are to remain a free people. As heinous as Dubya’s military attack on Iraqis is, his political attack on the civil rights of American people is the work of a man who puts his personal agenda ahead of the freedoms of his people, which is at least one of the reasons Dubya used to justify his attempt to replace Saddam .