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...have always had to find the right path between these two virtues. During wartime, America has a long and not very glorious history of sacrificing liberty in favor of security. John Adams championed the Alien and Sedition Acts during a period of tension with France. Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War. Franklin Roosevelt tolerated the internment of Japanese-Americans during World...
...reflect the very sort of ostentation and self-commodification from which the entire movement seeks to distance itself. Musically, this plays itself out in a total lack of polish and shine—counterpoint melodies, precise articulation and attention to structure or harmonic detail are rare commodities in the corpus of punk rock...
...attacks, Attorney General John Ashcroft asked Congress to approve sweeping legislation granting the government unprecedented access to suspects? phone and electronic communications. Ashcroft has also appealed for the right to detain foreign nationals for unspecified periods of time without filing charges - essentially a suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. But Ashcroft isn?t going to get exactly what he wants, thanks to a peculiar coalition of left-leaning civil libertarians and right-leaning libertarians - united by their fear of government intrusion...
Before President Bush legalizes the status of millions of illegal Mexicans in the U.S. [NATION, July 30], he needs to consider who is going to pay. The border states are already having a rough time providing medical care and education for the ever growing number of illegals. ANTONETTE CLARK Corpus Christi, Texas...
Banales' extreme version of notification is having immediate consequences for the Corpus Christi 15, as landlords evict them and bosses fire them. One man attempted suicide after Banales' ruling. The families also worry about vigilantes. "I'm scared for my mother's life and myself," says Trevino's stepdaughter Ann, 20. Lawyers for the 15 are considering filing a joint challenge or separate ones in the 13th Court of Appeals, arguing that the signs violate the right to privacy and constitute "cruel and unusual punishment...