Steve
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Nathan Newman wrote:
> The Constitution never can be suspended by legislation, although many rights
> not protected by the Constitution can be overriden. How many will depend on
> the Supreme Court -- not that happy a lot with its present occupants, but we
> will see where this all shakes out after the initial war hysteria fades.
> And despite the worse of what this court has said, the one thing it held out
> for this last session ( by a one vote margin) is the right of immigrants
> with felony convictions to a day in court, overriding legislation that said
> otherwise. Even now, many legislators are talking about making sure we
> don't restrict civil liberties in whatever is done.
>
> Some of the marginal legislation that's been kicking around will no doubt
> pass, but we'll see as this unfolds.
>
> Nathan Newman
> nathan at newman.org
> http://www.nathannewman.org
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Baird" <jlbaird3 at yahoo.com>
> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 8:55 PM
> Subject: Legalities of a "State of Emergency"?
>
>
> Hey, can any of the lawyers on the list help me
> understand exactly what it means that we are now in a
> nationwide "State of Emergency"? I've been trying to
> track down stuff on the Thomas website, but every lay
> seems to refer to anther one, and of course they don't
> have any decent systems of hyperlinks...
>
> I mean, am I just paranoid, or does this basically
> mean that the Constitution is suspended ofr the
> duration?
>
> Jim Baird
>
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