On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 15:05:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .


I did as you suggested. Here is an excerpt from the CATO Institute's site:

"An unambiguous federal statute and the U.S. Constitution both prohibit
the
executive branch from doing to Padilla what it is now doing. More than
three
decades ago, Congress passed Title 18, section 4001(a) of the U.S. Code.
It
states, "No citizen shall be imprisoned or otherwise detained by the
United
States except pursuant to an Act of Congress." Today, we have not had from
Congress any statute that authorizes Padilla's detention.

Well, John, no matter what the unambiguous statute says, the executive
branch DID it to Padilla. Any thoughts on why the executive branch should be
able to do illegal things to citizens?

The executive branch should bot be able to do illegal things to citizens. Did I
say somewhere that it should? I simply presented the rationale used for
Padilla's detention.

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. If you are looking for an
argument, based on reading only part of the posts, look elsewhere.

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD