WTF Is It Now?!?

We don't have rights; only things that can't be taken from us
--OR--"Dancing on the Corpus of Habeas"

The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

U.S. Constitution, Article I, Sec. 9

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

Amendment VI to the U.S. Constitution

The fact that the Constitution — again, there is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There is a prohibition against taking it away.

Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, 1/18/07

So, according to Gonzales, if there is no stated, explicit right to something granted to United States citizens by the Constitution or the Bill of Rights, then we have no right to it? That kind of reasoning is childish and sophistic at best, and disingenuously manipulative at worst. (By the way, it's the latter.)

If Gonzales applied that logic to the rest of the Constitution, we'd be so fucked.

He craps all over what the framers of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights intended, and in doing so, shows he agrees with Pretzelnit McFascist that the Constitution is "just a god-damned piece of paper."

This evil fuck has no business being Attorney General, but we already knew that, didn't we?

I would love, just love for someone to be reading him his rights soon. Bet he'd appreciate habeas then.

--divageek