tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post7183832889246203023..comments2023-11-30T03:44:34.585-05:00Comments on Opinions Nobody Asked For: U.S. Constitution (1791-2009)Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11683622475941901572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post-67432051952421652142009-05-26T13:30:51.465-04:002009-05-26T13:30:51.465-04:00You are right about "preventive detention." But I...You are right about "preventive detention." But I don't think military commissions are necessarily "kangaroo courts." <br /><br />There's already another system of justice out there for violations of the rules of war: military courts martial. IF the commission system hews closely to courts martial (as opposed to the review system set up under the Bush Administration to determine whether someone was an "enemy combatant" - now THAT was a kangaroo court), then I don't think such courts are that bad.<br /><br />It seems that the proposed commissions are modeled on courts martial, with one potentially disturbing difference: making it easier to get hearsay evidence admitted. <br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/quf9xxBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344649128973165027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post-26480760564615852012009-05-26T11:53:01.757-04:002009-05-26T11:53:01.757-04:00Yes we can... extend our world record for longest-...Yes we can... extend our world record for longest-lasting piss, with the U.S. Constitution serving as the urinal. Le sigh.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06383789548221247888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post-49755679542848436852009-05-25T14:43:57.177-04:002009-05-25T14:43:57.177-04:00Hurray for change?Hurray for change?Miguelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107727686017040193noreply@blogger.com