Then & Now
"The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist."
--Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Prime Minister of England November 21, 1943
"It bothers me that the executive branch is taking the amazing position that just on the president's say-so, any American citizen can be picked up, not just in Afghanistan, but at O'Hare Airport or on the streets of any city in this country, and locked up without access to a lawyer or court just because the government says he's connected somehow with the Taliban or Al Qaeda. That's not the American way. It's not the constitutional way."
--Laurence Tribe Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law,
Harvard University Source: interview on ABC's Nightline
--Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Prime Minister of England November 21, 1943
"It bothers me that the executive branch is taking the amazing position that just on the president's say-so, any American citizen can be picked up, not just in Afghanistan, but at O'Hare Airport or on the streets of any city in this country, and locked up without access to a lawyer or court just because the government says he's connected somehow with the Taliban or Al Qaeda. That's not the American way. It's not the constitutional way."
--Laurence Tribe Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law,
Harvard University Source: interview on ABC's Nightline
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