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Most Premeditated Unconstitutional Act by Congress in Decades” May Come to House Floor Next Week - Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Gohmert Opposes Government Takeover of Health Care Votes Against H.R. 3590 - Friday, February 12, 2010
Use Military Tribunals to Handle Terror Suspects - Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Gohmert Mourns the Loss of Former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson
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Use Military Tribunals to Handle Terror Suspects
Trial of the suspected 9/11 coconspirators has brought forth cries that "everyone should have the same rights under our Constitution." They misunderstand the Constitution. It guarantees due process, but that grants different rights in different settings. The burden of proof in criminal cases is quite different from that in civil cases, though the latter may result in the loss of major assets. Respondents in bankruptcy proceedings have very different rights from respondents in administrative or deportation hearings. (Read more...)
Keep Guantanamo Open, Mr. President
When it comes to President Obama’s campaign promise to close down the Guantanamo Bay detention center, many supporters were quick to praise his reversal of President Bush’s policy. Those champions of terrorists’ rights are singing a different tune now that they’re facing the real life implications of such an action — namely, the very real possibility that some of the world’s most dangerous and depraved minds will be relocated to their own backyards. (Read more...)