Political Quotes

“First of all, almost everything the gentleman just said is not apropos and is wrong. The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the people at Guantanamo have exactly the same constitutional rights--no more and no less--than they would have if brought to the United States. So it has nothing to do with giving constitutional rights to foreign nationals. Second of all, some of these people were, indeed, captured on foreign battlefields; some were not. Third of all, maybe they should be tried by military tribunals. But they have been held for 11, 12, 14, 15 years. We can't manage to try them by foreign tribunals. Put them in a Federal court. Try them. Convict them. {time} 2045 Put them in a Federal court, try them, and convict them. If you want to put them in a military tribunal, you can do that, fine. We haven't managed to. But the fact is, by staying in Guantanamo, they don't have any less, fewer, or more constitutional rights than are here. Anyone within the jurisdiction of the United States, according to the Supreme Court, has constitutional rights. We must treat them with due process. All this amendment says is treat them the way the Supreme Court has said we should: try them, condemn them, or find them innocent, as the case may be. Some may be innocent. Many of them are not. Some may be. We should follow our traditions. Mr.…”