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DUE PROCESS OF THE LAW
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Brad JacksonJessica Garcia
Matthew Montes
What is Due Process?In the United States, due process refers to a set of
established legal principles, derived from the Constitution, that seek to protect the rights
of citizens.
Due Process Clause
The fifth amendment provides that “no person…(shall) be deprived of life, liberty or property without due
process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use
without just compensation.
No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. (Fourteenth Amendment)
Guarantees U.S Citizens the equality and fairness of the law regardless of the crime
Goals Of Due Process To produce, through the
use of fair procedures, more accurate results; to prevent the wrongful deprivation of interests
To make people feel that the government has treated them fairly by listening to their position
Current
Was Justice Served?
On September 30, 2011, these amendments were broken when President Obama approved a U.S.
drone strike, which killed two American-born and -raised Muslim clerics, Anwar al-Awlaki (40 yrs.) and
his son Samir Khan (16 yrs.) in Yemen.
National Defense Authorization Act
(NDAA)In 2012 President Obama signed the NDAA Act, Obama is the first ever president to claim the legal
authority to order an American citizen killed without judicial involvement, real oversight or
public accountabilityAmerican citizens can be held indefinitely as a
terrorist without formal charges and then sentenced to death
Detainee Rights Guantanamo Bay
Detainee Rights In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Guantanamo Bay detainees are protected by the Geneva Conventions, and struck down a Bush administration plan that called for the remaining detainees to be tried in top-secret tribunals. Last year, Congress passed the Military Commissions Act providing a due process system for Guantanamo detainees. The Pentagon has indicated that fewer than 100 prisoners will be tried under the new system. It is not yet clear whether detainees not tried under the Military Commissions Act will be immediately released or further detained indefinitely without trial, but the Hamdan precedent and public opinion make the latter option unlikely.
Guantanamo Bay Issues At Gitmo
• Sleep deprivation• 20-hour interrogations• Isolation
All Deprive Prisoners of Due Process
FUCK
Gitmo Continued….779 detainees have been incarcerated there, with
President Bush releasing more than 500 and President Obama
67212 Remaining Detainees with
more being added All with minimal Due Process
given at this time
Does This….
Make This Acceptable?
• Should Detainees be given their Due Process?
• Is there a reason to not offer American citizens Due Process of the law?
Questions For The Masses
The United States was based on a foundation of freedom and Trust. The current government has made
the American public feel uneasy about their freedoms and their future
Q & A