Oh, good grief! Politicians should leave the Miranda ruling and its legal requirements alone.
I heard Wolf Blitzer on CNN saying that Miranda occurred before the threat of terrorism. I guess he meant the terrorism from the Middle East of recent decades.
But there's always been some form of terroristic activity going on in America. One of the oldest terrorist groups is the Ku Klux Klan. When did presidents and politicians ever talk about taking away citizenship of the KKK members, let alone reducing their legal rights as defendants? I don't remember hearing that. And how about all the other hate groups in the nation? I don't like them at all, but prosecution of their crimes certainly can be successful without eliminating legal rights.
Once again, the nation is forced into a frenzy of fear by a bunch of goofy politicians. Leave American rights alone! We can still keep the high ground and defeat terrorists and criminals if we have good quality law enforcement.
Here are two concrete ways to reduce the threat of terrorism: 1). Solve the dispute between Israel and Palestine. 2). Stop wasting time, money, and lives on wars.
Monday, May 10, 2010
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