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ACLU finds intervention not welcome
Detroit Free Press ^ | 12/7/01 | BRIAN DICKERSON

Posted on 12/07/2001 9:09:11 AM PST by Jean S

Edited on 05/07/2004 7:12:12 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Late last week, the Michigan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union announced that it would provide free legal counsel to any of the 566 Middle Eastern men the FBI wants to interview locally in connection with terrorist threats to this country.


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1 posted on 12/07/2001 9:09:11 AM PST by Jean S
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To: JeanS
And if you just simply can't imagine why any innocent person should be frightened, the ACLU has a voice mail tape you should listen to. take another look at the WTC towers crumbling to the ground.
2 posted on 12/07/2001 9:22:35 AM PST by randog
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To: randog
I am not a lawyer, but I can read. The following text of the U.S. Constitution doesn't seem to be TOO difficult to understand. I would appreciate a rebuttal from any LegalFreepers as to the applicability of these two amendments to the circumstances at hand:

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger;

Note: Article III, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by Amendment 11:

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

3 posted on 12/07/2001 9:35:29 AM PST by Mr. Bird
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To: Mr. Bird
The ACLU is setting a dangerous precedence for itself...first, they rally around the pedophiles at ManBoyLove, now they're playing the race-card. Where were they when that government official was jailed simply for some fantasy he wrote in HIS PRIVATE JOURNAL? I forget the guy's name, but the ACLU assuredly wasn't there for him...maybe because he was neither gay or a "person of color".
4 posted on 12/07/2001 9:49:49 AM PST by Frances_Marion
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To: JeanS
The American Criminal Liberties Union is always on the side of the degenerate. It's an organization that has long outlived it's usefulness.
5 posted on 12/07/2001 11:12:03 AM PST by Media2Powerful
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To: Media2Powerful
Oh Contrare.

To the left, does a communist front ever lose it's usefullness?

I doubt it.
6 posted on 12/07/2001 11:34:27 AM PST by Texas_Jarhead
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To: JeanS
Oh The Detroit Free Press...
Liberal Shills
7 posted on 12/07/2001 12:29:14 PM PST by Moleman
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