While I have nothing to report on Scott Blair, I have come upon another person who was born in Gitmo – Frances Rae Key. They key here (no pun intended) is to determine if she presentation of a birth certificate is sufficient cause for proving citizenship, or if she needed to prove that her father was an American, and thus she is deserving of citizenship.
As a reminder… The former case is called “jus solis” – the land is domestic soil, and thus automagically grants you citizenship. The latter is called “jus sanguinis” – at least one parent is American, and thus you inherit it.
Note: If anyone else knows or knows of people born in Guantanamo Bay after American possession, I am interested to know. This is the sort of thing that defines the future of American rights, and I think would be useful to use in court cases.
Filed under: Culture, Politics , citizenship, frances rae key, gitmo, Guantanmo Bay, habeas, habeas corpus, jus sanguinis, jus solis, Politics, scott blair
This is an outrage to the American justice system.
I don’t care if it was an accident, a mistake, or what. If you are responsible for something, you should be appropriately held responsible. If I fall asleep at the wheel and drive into oncoming traffic, I am still responsible for my actions of harming others. The same is true for the cops who got off, after killing Sean Bell 50 times over. They fired the shots and should be held responsible for the direct result of their actions. This is not a war zone, and the rule of law supposedly still applies in the US. If it was an accident, fine. They still are guilty of manslaughter, and should be in jail for killing someone.
Nobody is above the law, and criminal negligence is (and ought to be) actionable. I hope to write more on this soon.
Filed under: Culture, Philosophy , new york, Sean Bell, verdict
It goes without saying that the Democratic frontrunners for the 2008 Presidential election are Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton… Now that Edwards, Kucinich, Richardson, and Dodd are out, it goes without saying.
But what about before?
A long time ago, right after the 2000 election, I was in my university’s “American Government” class, and we were discussing elections. Specifically, we were discussing the subject of the media and elections – does the media influence elections, and does it have bias?
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Filed under: Culture, Philosophy, Politics , election, John Edwards, media
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