[lit-ideas] Re: Is torture wrong by definition?
- From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:16:40 -0400
At 04:07 PM 4/7/2006, you wrote:
SC: **Although Justice Robert H. Jackson, in his 1949 dissenting opinion
in Terminiello v. Chicago wrote the famous comment: "The Constitution is
not a suicide pact," we must still act honorably and therefore NOT ignore
due process. Acting honorably (and not acting idiotically) means working
within constitutional boundaries -- AND by no stretch does not mandate NOT
acting at all -- though it does, perforce (and deliberately) limit our
alternatives.
Of course when the government begin to make idiotic 'amendments' to the
constitution like "marriage is between a man and a woman" how much are
those same boundaries going to tighten? What if Bush wanted to make (he
probably does) an amendment that says "we can torture people if necessary"?
Then would it be okay according to Mr. Jackson?
Paul
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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada
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