Comments on: ACLU Continue Fight for Terror Advocate Visa http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2007/10/26/aclu-continue-fight-for-terror-advocate-visa/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:01:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Jay http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2007/10/26/aclu-continue-fight-for-terror-advocate-visa/comment-page-1/#comment-64601 Jay Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:11:17 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2007/10/26/aclu-continue-fight-for-terror-advocate-visa/#comment-64601 Thank you Jeff for addressing an important topic that others seem to be ignoring. Also, thank you for acknowledging the truth of the comment you take alms with. Of course, the comment was made in an aspect despiting the should or should not. Since you are not addressing that...I just want to point out that this re-inforces the argument that the ACLU has no argument on a rights issue. Thank you Jeff for addressing an important topic that others seem to be ignoring. Also, thank you for acknowledging the truth of the comment you take alms with. Of course, the comment was made in an aspect despiting the should or should not. Since you are not addressing that…I just want to point out that this re-inforces the argument that the ACLU has no argument on a rights issue.

]]> By: Jeff Molby http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2007/10/26/aclu-continue-fight-for-terror-advocate-visa/comment-page-1/#comment-64600 Jeff Molby Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:01:47 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2007/10/26/aclu-continue-fight-for-terror-advocate-visa/#comment-64600 I have other fish to fry, so I won't address the merits of the case, but one statement caught my eye. <blockquote>Of course, as a sovereign nation, the United States has the right to bar anyone for any reason entry to our country.</blockquote> Yes, the <em>nation</em> of USA has the right "to bar anyone for any reason", but that doesn't necessarily mean the <em>government</em> of USA does. Remember, the "grand experiment" that this country represents isn't that of a representative government. That's been done many times throughout history. No, the novel thing is that we have a constitution that restricts the federal government to a subset of the authority it would otherwise have. I have other fish to fry, so I won’t address the merits of the case, but one statement caught my eye.

Of course, as a sovereign nation, the United States has the right to bar anyone for any reason entry to our country.

Yes, the nation of USA has the right “to bar anyone for any reason”, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the government of USA does. Remember, the “grand experiment” that this country represents isn’t that of a representative government. That’s been done many times throughout history. No, the novel thing is that we have a constitution that restricts the federal government to a subset of the authority it would otherwise have.

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