A few things
I'm mounting my high horse again to give an update of the denial of habeas corpus. The bill was signed into law this morning.
Second, I am presenting a paper at the Wesleyan Theological Society in Chicago in March. I am ready to start writing a paper to make sure it doesn't stink.
Third, the Maple Leafs are ranked #9 in the NHL powerrankings.
Second, I am presenting a paper at the Wesleyan Theological Society in Chicago in March. I am ready to start writing a paper to make sure it doesn't stink.
Third, the Maple Leafs are ranked #9 in the NHL powerrankings.
posted by Aaron Perry at
4:44 PM
10 Comments:
For the record, Habeas Corpus was suspended before in the US. By a sitting President. That PResident was opposed by the Supreme Court. He was called a warmonger and an ignorer of the Constitution of the US. His name was Abraham Lincoln.
Fact.
CG
i'll let history decide whether the current president is taken with abraham lincoln. (and, of course, the context of civil war usually does have something to do with extreme measures.)
riding high,
ap
Exactly. The Civil War was the last time, with the exception of Pearl Harbour, the continental US was attacked. During the Civil War, prior to the appointment of Grant as the commander of the union army, Lincoln was villified on both sides of the conflict. My point is simply, who knows what history (and indeed Providence) will say about GWB in 100 years. So, perhaps, let us be a tad more circumspect in our judgments. Nobody remembers Judge Roger Taney.
Who? Exactly.
History vindicated Lincoln. History has forgotten the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who ruled against Lincoln over Habeas Corpus and got himself thrown in jail as a result.
CG
TSN's power rankings are a joke. The Sabres already beat the team directly ahead of them, went further in the playoffs last year, and haven't lost a game yet :)
the call to circumspection in judgment, of course, works both ways.
the call to appeal to the judgment of history, of course, is not the route the prophets took.
and let me put in one more devastating point of o'donovan, after already showing how his thought makes incoherent the nature of 'political authority' to silence non-convicted prisoners. o'donovan defines justice as 'public right action.' i have no doubt that the intel of the FBI is world class and as a result they detain prisoners who are guilty. in other words, they have taken effective action that is right. however, if it ceases to be public, it ceases to be just.
It is clear to me now that your name ought to have been Amos.
Let justice roll!
CG
I am so proud of you babe!
thanks, heather! :)
tim, am i the prophet or a son of the prophet? ;)
Definitely not the brother of one! And even when I'm confident you are wrong, I am proud of you too. Babe.
CG
you, my friend, are no babe. though you remain crusty.
and i'll keep riding high. who thought high horse saddles were so comfortable?
nice book review from mcknight, btw!!
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