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2008-06-20 Home Front: Politix

Obama Campaign Clarifies 'Martyr' Comments on OBL

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Posted by Fred 2008-06-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
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#1 Although the results of the Nuremberg trials was, in my opinion, justified and just, it was in fact a case of ex post facto application of justice. The Nazis had done nothing that was illegal under German law at the time. Once we had won, we imposed our version of the laws we wanted.
I wonder if today's Supreme Court would have let the results of the trials survive. At least several of the Nazis could have lived a few years longer by appealing to the US Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus. It would have taken years for the case to wend its way through the American courts, and if the Supreme Court heard the case, it would have taken years more to resolve all the cases.
Some of the Nazis tried were not prisoners of war - they were civilians.

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-06-20 15:24|| 2008-06-20 15:24|| Front Page Top

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