Demokratiet genindført i USA med stemmerne 5-4

I går blev en historisk dag for demokratiet i USA og resten af verdenen. For tredje gang slog den amerikanske højesteret fast, at man som tilbageholdt af amerikanske tropper eller politi har ret til at få sin sag prøvet ved en domstol. Og ikke bare en kafka-inspireret domstol hvor man ikke får adgang til en forsvarer eller beviserne mod én, men en rigtig god-gammeldags domstol.

Vi har haft en lignende sag i Danmark, hvor to terrormistænkte udlændinge er blevet udvist administrativt - uden mulighed for at prøve sagen ved domstolene. Også her havde man opfundet en "domstol", der bestod af Politiet Efterretningstjeneste der hviskede Lene Espersen grimme ting i øret. De anklagede blev aldrig præsenteret for beviser - de blev blot hentet midt om natten og bortført fra deres familie - uden forklaringer - uden rettergang.
Lad os høre hvad den amerikanske højesteret mener om den slags:

The Framers' inherent distrust of government power was the driving force behind the constitutional plan that allocated powers among three independent branches. This design serves not only to make Government accountable but also to secure individual liberty. . . .

Where a person is detained by executive order rather than, say, after being tried and convicted in a court, the need for collateral review is most pressing. . . . The habeas court must have sufficient authority to conduct a meaningful review of both the cause of detention and the Executive's power to detain. . . .

Security depends upon a sophisticated intelligence apparatus and the ability of our Armed Forces to act and interdict. There are further considerations, however. Security subsists, too, in fidelity to freedom's first principles. Chief among these are freedom from arbitrary and unlawful restraint and the personal liberty that is secured by adherence to separation of powers. . . .

The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times. Liberty and security can be reconciled; and in our system, they are reconciled within the framework of law. The Framers decided that habeas corpus, a right of first importance, must be a part of that framework, part of that law.

In ruling that the CSRTs woefully fail to provide the constitutionally guaranteed safeguards, the Court quoted Alexander Hamilton's Federalist No. 84: "The practice of arbitrary imprisonments, in all ages, is the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny." It is that deeply tyrannical practice -- implemented by the Bush administration and authorized by a bipartisan act of Congress -- which the U.S. Supreme Court, today, struck down.

Vi har seriøst brug for en grundlovsrevision når Fogh bliver slået af banen og vi får tyranniet skubbet til side. Og så skal vi have en højesteret med nosser og magt.

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