Marginalia

September, 2004

From an Argument before the U.S. Supreme Court by Frank Dunham, representing Yaser Hamdi, a U.S. citizen held without charges after the Bush administration classified him as an enemy combatant: "Deputy Solicitor General Paul Clement's argument is 'Trust us.' And who's saying 'Trust us'? The executive branch. And why do we have the great writ? We have the great writ because we didn't trust the executive branch when we founded this government. That's why the government saying 'Trust us' is no...

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