Monday, August 23, 2004

PART-TIME CONTSTITUTION
"Four suspected al Qaeda terrorists will face military trials this week at the Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in historic legal proceedings that have not been conducted by the U.S. government since World War II and are unlike anything most Americans face in the criminal justice system," The Washington Post reports.
The Cato Project's Handbook for Congress warns against the establishment of military tribunals for civilians, noting that the Constitution's jury trial clause is "not a 'peace provision' that can be suspended during wartime."
(CATO PROJECT)

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