#legal

Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions. ↗

— John Yoo

#bush #claim #conventions #decision #deny

The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda. ↗

— John Yoo

#abu #against #al #apply #between

While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. ↗

— John Yoo

#combatants #command #conduct #conventions #failing

I know my name gets used illegally all the time all over the internet. You know, it is a trademarked name, so it will be something that we always have to deal with. I never needed to change it. It was always fine with me. It is a strange name; that's for sure. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

#change #deal #fine #gets #i

It is a sign of the times that the absence of meaningful ID requirements in many states leaves our voting process vulnerable to fraud and allows legal votes to be cancelled out by illegally cast ballots. ↗

— Virgil Goode

#allows #ballots #cancelled #cast #fraud

Amnesty is the magnet. Other magnets that you mentioned are anchor babies who get benefits in this country and employer deductions for employees, even if they are here illegally, which Mr. King is addressing. ↗

— Virgil Goode

#amnesty #anchor #babies #benefits #country

We've got fifty people at Gitmo that are too dangerous to be let go that will never go through a normal criminal trial. Let's create a new legal system, so they'll have their day in court. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#create #criminal #dangerous #day #fifty

Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit but for the authorities. To have it legalized will also be to lose control of it. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#authorities #benefit #certain #control #legalized

American GIs don't fight this unjust immoral and illegal war of Johnson's. ↗

— Hanoi Hannah

#fight #gis #illegal #immoral #johnson

Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#away #barbarous #criminal #criminal justice #english-speaking