Americans Have Rights

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday ruled that the President lacks inherent authority to detain American citizens as enemy combatants when seized on American soil outside a zone of actual combat. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11500-2003Dec18.html">The ruling </a>is in response to the Governments holding of Jose Padilla incommunicado as an enemy combatant for allegedly plotting to explode a dirty bomb.<br />n<br />nNow whether Jose Padilla is guilty of trying to blow up a dirty bomb or not, this is a move in the right direction for the rights of American citizens. We in the U.S. have rights that come with being citizens. One of these rights is that the government can&acirc;