The Justice Department is using the COVID-19 outbreak to press for sweeping new powers that include being able to detain Americans indefinitely without a trial, Politico reports.
The department is asking Congress to allow the U.S. attorney general to ask courts to suspend court proceedings. These include "any statutes or rules of procedure otherwise affecting pre-arrest, post-arrest, pre-trial, trial, and post-trial procedures in criminal and juvenile proceedings and all civil process and proceedings," reports Betsy Woodruff Swan, citing DOJ documents presented to Congress.
In other words, the Justice Department would be able to postpone trials, hearings, and other procedural steps that follow arrest. That represents a potentially huge violation of the constitutional right to a speedy trial.
Those powers would apply "whenever the district court is fully or partially closed by virtue of any natural disaster, civil disobedience, or other emergency situation," Woodruff Swan writes, and would remain in place for "one year following the end of the national emergency."
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Pelosi & Schumer should be the first!
ReplyDeleteLet the games begin! Lock and load people, it's about to go down.
ReplyDeleteThey are asking for martial law powers without Marshall law being declared and for one year AFTER this emergency is over? If that is granted it will not end one year after the emergency is over. No one gives up powers granted to them just because the time period ends, NO ONE!!!
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DeleteAnother lie just like the patroic act..rainbow agenda people its happening and has allot of support
ReplyDeleteThis is how we get military tribunals for the most corrupt treasonous criminals ever, and the corrupt judges cant let them off the hook.
ReplyDeleteCant congregate more than 10 people so a jury of 12 is out, heck getting picked for jury duty they call 50-75 a day. Mostly the government employees of the judicial depts dont want lowly everyday peasants contaminating their work place, otherwise they'd just suit up.
ReplyDeleteNot gonna happen.
ReplyDeleteThis House of Representatives will give them whatever they want as long as they leave people like Hildebeast and her cronies, including Obama, alone even if they commit murder!!! Under the table deal with the liberal Democrats!!!
DeleteTold you guys. But you whiners were like, No quarantines are necessary! Do not take your freedom lightly and do not give it up to anyone for anything - especially "promises" of safety!
ReplyDeleteOh, you are the wise one 1:23
DeleteJust Communism in Disguise ! Proves We are NOT Really Free
ReplyDeleteThe Trump DOJ. Sealed indictments.
ReplyDeletePowerful people like Hillary, Obama, Brennan, Soros Jarrett, Axelrod, Plouffe, Comey, etc. can be swept off the street and held indefinitely.
Do this for Hitlery!
ReplyDeleteThe Constitution?
ReplyDeleteWhat Constitution?
"We, the people" had that taken away from us about 10 years ago.
You couldn't stop cheering.
How is that going for you now, all you "I never do anything wrong" brain-dead goofs???
If you aren’t doing anything wrong . . .
ReplyDeletePresident Trump will Veto this
ReplyDeletebut these evil bastards need to loose their jobs
The Constitution was used for toilet paper since there is a shortage.
ReplyDeleteI emailed Joe about this article and as much as I understand the panic it can cause the fact is it needed to be seen on a relevant platform. Do not go to the FEMA camps. Period. If you see them trying to swarm your neighbor get off of your ass and help or you will go next.
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