An Applause For A Strike For Freedom Of The Press

Hungary seems to have trouble with the idea of freedom of the press as a socialist/liberal council shuts down the media because it is biased. I mention this because we have had too many attempts by radical liberals in the United States to do the same thing with speech they disagree with. Here is a commentary by a fairly liberal individual who is swinging right and is about the episodes where liberal object to Ann Coulter’s free speech. I could point to radical liberals who vandalize pro life displays on a regular basis.

Conservatives may also do the same thing and if they do they are no more right than the liberals who do it. I find the hate America speech preached by some Americans to be a crime akin to treason and yet I am forced to tolerate because I do not want anyone defining what is “hate” speech and what is not. I am hoping that most American will reject such speech. Liberals are too prone to outlaw speech and expression they find harmful while backing speech that is proved to be harmful such as pornography.

I must applaud the Mayor’s solution of employing town criers to bring the news to the people of his community and I hope is protest will be effective.

Source 1 About Mayor using town criers to protest councils’ infringement on free speech.

Source 2 is commentary about attempts to deny Ann Coulter free speech.

Why Aliens Are Not Protected By The U.S. Constitution

Non citizens are challenging a recent la enacted to fight terrorism. It gives law enforcement the power to apprehend Aliens and put them in detention indefinitely a detention they can not challenge in civilian courts. The executive branch defends the action stating This action is clearly constitutional as the Preamble states the U.S. Constitution was established to “secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity” and Aliens do qualify.

The Fourteenth Amendment may be construed as protecting Aliens in some cases as it does state “nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law” and “any” may be all inclusive. The context of the very sentence that ends with those words is talking about citizens for it starts off “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States”. Even if you take the broad interpretation the Aliens are still allowed due process as their status is tried before a military court. There is nothing that says the due process needs to be the same due process and we know different due processes are allowed for citizens and military personal.

Since the attack on 9/11 was an attack on the United States the conditions for the suspension of habeas corpus have been triggered and it is up to Congress to decide whether or not to suspend it even for citizens as it is written in Article 1 Section 9 “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.”.

Some may say this law should of not been passed or should be revoked and that is their opinion and they should use the regular legislative process in order to attempt to do so. This is not a job for the court system and any court that attempts to so is violating the separation of powers that is written in the U.S. Constitution and so violating their constitutional oath.

Source 1 is about challenges to detention