"All the citizens, being equal in [the eyes of the law], are equally
admissible to all public dignities, places, and employments, according to
their capacity and without distinction other than that of their virtues and
of their talents."

From ⊃A Declaration on the Rights of Man⊃ Adopted August 26, 1789 by the
National Assembly of France

Unfortunately, the fledgling French government recognized no higher
authority in its operation than the collective opinions of its members.
Hence, barely four years after it established this high sounding rhetoric as
national policy, it commenced the infamous ⊃Reign of Terror,⊃ which
eventually took the lives of between twenty and forty thousand individuals
in a social/political purge that had been unparalleled in human history.

The bitter lesson of that tragic period was that the inherent weaknesses in
human nature are such that ⊃rights,⊃ must be understood as granted by God,
not government. For when assumed to be the product of governmental
benevolence, they can just as easily be revoked as such.

Nor can they be instituted by any official edict where they do not belong.
The resultant chaos of a misbegotten endeavor of this nature will ultimately
jeopardize the rights of all. Such is the grim future facing this country in
its prosecution of the War on Terror, if this week⊃s abominable and
flagrantly unconstitutional decision by the United States Supreme Court is
allowed to stand.

As has been the case in recent years, any consideration of those
inconvenient constitutional limitations on the Court⊃s jurisdiction were
merely sidestepped. ⊃International law⊃ was once again invoked as reason to
thwart a historically legitimate procedure by which to deal with enemy
combatants of a particularly despicable nature.

The collective wisdom of human history dictates that those who wage war as
an outrgrowth of their own religious zeal, and unrestrained by any
representative nation-state, cannot simply be rendered harmless by treaty
upon the ⊃cessation of hostilities.⊃ Nor can their ⊃superiors⊃ be held
accountable for any breaches of such.

Moreover, it is hardly ⊃rocket science⊃ that the detainees at Guantanamo
hold no allegiance to any nation that would enter into such a treaty with
the United States. So why is it that five members of the Supreme Court
believe they can simply confer the rights of American citizens on these
monsters?

The Associated Press very appropriately described the decision as the Court⊃
s ⊃rebuke to the [Bush] administration and its aggressive anti-terror
policies.⊃ In summary, the AP accuratetly (and exuberantly) characterized
the nation⊃s high Court as being no more immune to complete politicization,
at the ultimate expense of the country, than are Congressional Democrats and
their cohorts in the liberal media.

Clearly Justice John Paul Stevens, who wrote the majority opinion, and those
members of the Court for whom he spoke, betrays a willingness to meddle with
national affairs, even to the point of undermining the War on Terror, that
bears no connection whatsoever with constitutional law.

Since no national interest or constitutional purpose is served by the
decision, some consideration should be given to the motivations and intent
of the activist members of the Court. Are Stevens and his liberal colleagues
instead more interested in affecting the upcoming mid-term elections, with
the hope that a sea change in the Senate might ensure the appointment of
more of their kind to the Court?

The despicable, albeit absolutely predictable concurring diatribe from other
standard liberal mouthpieces bears a similarity of motivation and intent
that is impossible to ignore. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D.-CA)
exulted that ⊃Today⊃s Supreme Court decision reaffirms the American ideal
that all are entitled to the basic guarantees of our justice system. This is
a triumph for the rule of law.⊃

It should be noted here that the ⊃all⊃ to whom she referred includes
Islamist fanatics, captured on the field of battle, as they attempted to
kill American soldiers. Perhaps Pelosi would likewise deem it appropriate
for the American troops to read them their ⊃Miranda Rights⊃ before firing
back.

Pelosi then tipped her hand by portraying the decision as ⊃a rebuke of the
Bush Administration⊃s detainee policies and a reminder of our responsibility
to protect both the American people and our Constitutional rights.⊃

Invariably, the possibility of political advantage eclipses any concern by
Pelosi and her kind at the possibility that the murderous Islamists might
now enjoy the benefit of legal loopholes to regain their ⊃freedom⊃ to
aggressively inflict mayhem on the American people.

The terrorists being held at Guantanamo already believe that they are
uniquely endowed with the ⊃divine right⊃ to slaughter American infidels. The
liberal majority on the Supreme Court, along with their co-conspirators on
Capitol Hill and in the media, are doing their level best to allow the
terrorists to reclaim their ability to do so.