[privacy] U.S. 'State Secrets' Case May Get Airing

[Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:49:55 CDT, Dennis Henderson said:

> Yes, ALL Americans have the right to a fair trial, suspect or not. Under the
> eyes of the law, there are not *classes* of American citizens. Nice try...

It's not a "nice try", it's *exactly the point*.  The reason the ACLU takes
cases like that is because the instant we *do* allow "unpopular classes",
we've torpedoed the "all Americans have a right" concept.

> > They certainly aren't working for Americans much these days.

Actually they are - if they can make sure that even the unpopular ones get
a fair shake, they help guarantee that we *all* do.

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