by Harvey Silvergate

Reason

01/06/05

If you were relying solely on media accounts for guidance, you would have gotten the impression that the Supreme Court's June 28 rulings on 'enemy combatants' were a clean sweep for civil liberties. With few exceptions, reporters and commentators interpreted the rulings as unwavering affirmations of the judicial branch?s authority in the face of an overreaching executive intent on detaining, indefinitely and incommunicado, citizens and noncitizens designated as enemies in the war on terror. ... The reality, however, was significantly less uplifting...

http://www.reason.com/0501/fe.hs.civil.shtml


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp