Rules for the Real World

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Author(s)	The New York Times editorial board
Source	The New York Times
Date	September 20, 2006
URL	http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/20/opinion/20wed1.html
Quote	"Both bills choke off judicial review and allow even those acquitted by a military tribunal to be held indefinitely. Either bill might be acceptable if the United States government were infallible. As it is, they would legalize the sorts of abuses of power that the United States fought against in other countries for most of the 20th century."

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