Keith Olbermanns comment on the Death of Habeas Corpus

[Tali999]

Olbermann for president!

[MasterPhil175]

8:07... I'd DEFINITELY call Obama an irresponsible president. Oops... shouldn't have said that... might get detained for it.

[davidchenard]

Loss of Writ is a lie!

Article 1, Section 9, Clause 2 - "The Privilege of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it."

Article 10 - "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

The Unitied States government was not granted the power to suspend the Great Writ by the Constituion and has no such power.

[sk82sno]

amen..... to bad many people in this country will never wake up

[alabasteroldsoul]

Restore the Constitution! Ron Paul in 2008!

[aravoth]

People need to fucking wake up. There is a reason for this shit. Habeas Corpus is suspended, and under the patriot act the president can fucking declare martial law for any reason, and it can't be reviewed for 6 fucking months! And to top this shit off, there are fucking 3 large FEMA Gulags in every fucking state that are EMPTY, WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO CRAM IN THERE!?

[1gregmichael]

bill o'reilly and sean hannity can eat my ass.

[bobber205]

This man makes me proud to be an american.

[jfosterdyess]

Wow! Truly brilliant. Compare with your typical O'Reilly rant (sorry, "monologue"). It's easy to see where all the talent lies in cable news.

[playwfire]

and what was done about all this? We went out and bought our football tickets and our big screen tvs. Oh, dont forget to vote. GET INVOLVED

[jfosterdyess]

Behold a shining example of what cable news should be. Politics aside, Olbermann's monologue is passionate without being a rant (looking at you, O'Reilly), full of well researched historical precedent, apt comparisons, and personal relevance to the viewer. Well done.

[mose3]

"The power of the Executive to cast a man in prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government, whether Nazi or Communist."

-Winston Churchill

[mose3]

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."

George Washington

"Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated."

Coretta Scott King, quotes

"Those who sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither."

B. Franklin

"What good fortune for governments that the people do not think."

Adolf Hitler

[Yankee1974]

Wake Up America

[offthehook2]

As a Muslim, seeing and hearing this - bravo. Bravo, for the courage to speak out, to have courage to speak true. You have put the American people in our eyes, as people of honour. At last, someone speaking truth. Thanks.

[nikraye]

Keith's words or indictment and impassioned delivery should strike at the soul of every American. Keith is the last standing journalist.

[Pennee101]

Keith nails it again!

[Ryano42]

Remember this day...get mad.

And...vote.

Thank you again Keith...

[Jeff2009]

thanks for posting! Kieth Kicks A.