In my last post, I commented on the politics being played in New Hampshire, how they are gearing up for the next election. We just had one, and now they are positioning themselves for an election to happen in 2008?
If politicking year around is the only way to get bums like Attorney General Gonzales out of office, then I would do it. In committee yesterday, he asserted that the Constitution does not grant the writ of Habeas Corpus. Senator Specter doesn’t let him get away with it. Well, at least not much.
GONZALES: I will go back and look at it. The fact that the Constitution — again, there is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There is a prohibition against taking it away. But it’s never been the case, and I’m not a Supreme —
SPECTER: Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute. The constitution says you can’t take it away, except in the case of rebellion or invasion. Doesn’t that mean you have the right of habeas corpus, unless there is an invasion or rebellion?
GONZALES: I meant by that comment, the Constitution doesn’t say, “Every individual in the United States or every citizen is hereby granted or assured the right to habeas.†It doesn’t say that. It simply says the right of habeas corpus shall not be suspended except by —
SPECTER: You may be treading on your interdiction and violating common sense, Mr. Attorney General.
They have been violating common sense for a while, Senator, and you have been helping.