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...According to the Second Court, Bush lacked such “congressional authorization,” since Congress never officially declared war after Sept. 11 (as it did against Nazi Germany after Pearl Harbor). Nor did the administration have constitutional authority “to detain as an enemy combatant an American citizen seized on American soil outside a zone of combat...
...zone of combat” argument? Well, when facing an enemy whose tactics are directed chiefly at civilians far removed from the conventional battlefield, we might say that the entire American homeland is potentially a “zone of combat.” Moreover, the Quirin Court made short work of this argument in 1942. It said that American citizens who enter U.S. territory during wartime “in civilian dress and with hostile purpose” are “enemy belligerents,” plain and simple. Whether they are physically captured...
What is it for? Awarded by South Vietnam to U.S. units for valorous combat achievements...
PRINCETON IS TAKING NEW STEPS TO COMBAT GRADE INFLATION. HALF OF HARVARD'S GRADES ARE EITHER AN A OR A-MINUS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? A society whose students have their grades inflated should not be surprised when its companies' earnings reports prove to be inflated as well. Harvard has changed its policies so the number of students who receive honors will be substantially lower than it has been in the recent past...
...more than common thugs. These people are guerrillas, soldiers, insurgents, rebels or terrorists. Calling them thugs only downplays the difficulties in Iraq. Once President Bush and the American people realize we're not dealing with thugs, then maybe we can come up with the number of troops necessary to combat this violence. REGGIE NEWTON Chicago...