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Sean King
LOL......"due process"??....good one. Apparently most of us missed it, but ever since the Patriot Act was instituted, there is no such thing as due process, if they arrest you under this act.
Nonense.
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If the government decides you're a "domestic terrorist".....maybe b/c you own an EBR or too much ammo.....they can pull you in under the Patriot Act, seize your property, and imprison you indefinitely without counsel, trial, or any access to media to plead your case.
No...please see the recent decision in the Supreme Court, Hamdan et al.
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And the best part? B/c you will likely never have a trial, no one can ever rule that the Act is un-Constitutional in the first place.
Fantasy.
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Look, I'm all for surveillance of potential non-citizen terrorists, but to suspend the Bill of Rights for citizens is another thing entirely.
No one has suspended the BoR, try again.
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"Those who would give up liberty for temporal security deserve neither" (to paraphrase Franklin).
Yet another meaningless quote taken out of context.
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Sorry for the rant. This is scenario is unlikely (but not impossible).
JMO,
Sean
Nope it's pretty much impossible.