• Brokkr@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, …”

    And

    “… nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

    Let’s see how SCOTUS tries to get around these

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    9 months ago

    What if, stay with we, we just removed due process. I mean, we’ve already dropped habeas corpus thanks to the GWOT and Gitmo (20 people still there uncharged going on 24 years)… in fact why have a legal system at all?

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    9 months ago

    Gas chambers come after “we can’t afford a bullet for everyone we want disenfranchised from interference of fascism (or tourists accused of trading housework for lodging) without due process”