So, this is it. It came down with an absolute wimper rather than a bang. Hell, not a single "news" channel has remarked upon this. To what do I refer? Why just the latest ruling by the Supreme Court that, quite literally, officially eliminates EVERYONE'S civil and constitutional rights, top to bottom.
This really isn't some minor, tight ruling about something rare and obscure. This wasn't the Bush/Cheney White House arguing that the President literally is THE arbitor of who is a "person" and who is a non-person with absolutely NO protections of law whatsoever. Sure, Bush/Cheney set that system of mal-thought on its way but Obama has run it through the finish line to a "win" for Dictator Presidents (like himself) and totally eviscerated our rights absolutely.
Hyperbole? Hardly. With the Supreme Court ruling:
After hearing passionate arguments from the Obama Administration, the Supreme Court acquiesced to the president’s fervent request and, in a one-line ruling, let stand a lower court decision that declared torture an ordinary, expected consequence of military detention, while introducing a shocking new precedent for all future courts to follow: anyone who is arbitrarily declared a "suspected enemy combatant" by the president or his designated minions is no longer a "person." They will simply cease to exist as a legal entity. They will have no inherent rights, no human rights, no legal standing whatsoever — save whatever modicum of process the government arbitrarily deigns to grant them from time to time, with its ever-shifting tribunals and show trials.
The fear that many stated about what would happen if the Bush/Cheney doctrine that simply declaring someone an "enemy combatant" means that the President has ultimate power over EVERYONE, citizen and noncitizen alike, has actually come to pass with the Supreme Court jumping in and eliminating the purpose for their existence. People can now literally be labeled "non-persons"(!!!!!!!!!!) on the word of the President and there is nothing that can be done about it. No further jurisprudence is necessary and none is necessary to allow. We are ALL now subject to the good graces of our Lord and Master, the President Dictator of Amerika.
Though I have long since lost any illusions I may have harbored about Obama, this really is quite the icing on the cake. The so-called constituional lawyer that was supposed to be Obama has now argued, SUCCESSFULLY, that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Habeas Corpus, and simple basic human rights are mere niceties that the President and President alone can decide to grant to people with his sayso. Take note, there is NOTHING in the ruling that limits who can or cannot become a "non-person" on merely the sayso of the President. ANYONE and EVERYONE can be arbitrarily declared an "enemy combatant" and thus, a "non-person" and POOF! No more legal protections whatsoever. No more Constitution. No more Bill of Rights.
Aren't you happy with the Obama Hope Presidency now? Forget healthcare, forget jobs...I simply want my inalienable rights as a PERSON to be absolutely and fully beyond revocation. How about you?