Posted by
Sue on Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:30:02 PM
Just watched Supreme Court Justice, Stephen Breyer, on the Fox Sunday with Chris Wallace. They were
discussing Justice Breyer's new book "Active Liberty Interpreting our Democratic Constitution". He would not answer questions with regards to Roe vs. Wade, any questions. However, he obviously wants to sell his
book and get his agenda and ideology across, so he went on Fox Sunday. It was the first time in the history of Fox that a Supreme Justice had appeared. I think that's pretty telling.
What caught my attention was his "answer" in response to Chris' question about the Hamden vs. Rumsfeld Decision. For a very intelligent man, one we would assume was extensively well read and with the power to affect and change the will, law and direction of this country, I felt he was completely disingenuous!
He used the internment of Japanese Americans, from American soil to American camps, against their will as one of the basis he used to come to his decision taking power away from an American President to determine the outcome of terrorists in Guantanamo, Cuba.
Now I ask you, what do Japanese Americans interned in camps on American soil by President Roosevelt have to do with terrorists. What he did not talk about was the German soldiers who were held prisoners of war on American soil, by the American Military.
Does he not understand the difference?
1. Terrorists are not "soldiers", do not belong or answer to any "government", do not wear any
kind of uniform and further are killing both soldiers of our country and innocent civilians.
2. Terrorists are fighting for a "religion", more, to use that religion to overcome all governments,
everywhere.
I wonder, what part of disingenuous does he does or doesn't understand. Being a Supreme I would guess
he knew exactly what he was doing and why he was doing it. If it helps him sell more books, so much the better.