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Guantanamo Detainees a Dangerous Threat |
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Friday, June 13, 2008
The Supreme
Court has handed the Bush Administration a third rebuke on the President's
efforts to hold terror detainees outside the protections of U.S. law. The
ruling opens the door for suspected terrorists to seek release through federal
courts.
11th District Republican Congressional candidate Carl Mumpower questioned the
provision of Constitutional protections for non-citizens, but applauded the
court's call for action. "Holding people, even bad people, for
indefinite periods of time without charges and trials is against everything
that is America," said Mumpower. "I'll leave the Constitutional
arguments to the scholars, but America is not about putting people in detention
for 5 years without judicial consideration of guilt or innocence."
"Had the Bush Administration implemented a proper and timely judicial
process, it is doubtful we would be in this place," said Mumpower.
"The Nuremburg trials of 1945 offer a model that has firm application for
today's reality." "That proceeding supported the rule of law
with fair and swift justice that has withstood the eyes of time."
"We all understand that many of these detainees are dangerous men and
appreciate the President's efforts to protect us," noted Mumpower.
"There are also dangers in indifference to the core principles that make
us who we are as a country."
"Guantanamo's reality is an embarrassment to America," said
Mumpower. "Anyone brought there should be tried on a timely basis
and sentenced or let go based on the evidence in hand." "We can
kill them if they return, but we should not kill America's belief in the fair
application of justice. We applied these principles to the leaders of
Germany responsible for the deaths of over 50 million people. Nothing in
our values has changed since that time and we need to work hard to keep it that
way. Otherwise the terrorists in jail end up doing us more harm than the
ones freely roaming the world."
Carl Mumpower
11th District Republican Congressional Candidate
#106
Principles before party, power, or popularity-always.
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