This really bothers me... I'm not even sure if the ruling is following the Bush administration's argument (that the President's declaration is all that's necessary) or if there was a hearing to show cause to hold him, or what.
The issue is *not* Padilla himself. The issue is the next person, about whom the evidence may be sketchier, or the person after that, who has the wrong name and wrong general appearance, etc..
I mean, if the government had to show really strong evidence to be able to lock Padilla up, okay, that's the way life is during a war... but first they have to show that evidence.
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Date: 2005-09-09 12:35 pm (UTC)The issue is *not* Padilla himself. The issue is the next person, about whom the evidence may be sketchier, or the person after that, who has the wrong name and wrong general appearance, etc..
I mean, if the government had to show really strong evidence to be able to lock Padilla up, okay, that's the way life is during a war... but first they have to show that evidence.