Jose Padilla Quotes (10 Quotes)

is confirmation that the Constitution is alive and well and kicking.

We would like finality. We believe that we be will successful at the Supreme Court, once it gets there. We would like him to be released or charged, ... We think we have the unusual set of circumstances and facts in which the Supreme Court should carefully consider hearing our petition before the appeals court.

It's a repudiation of the Bush administration's attempt to close the federal courts to those accused of terrorism,

an affront to our civil liberties.

murder, maim and kidnap.

grave damage to national security interests.

By contrast, the indefinite military detention without trial of citizens seized in the United States because of suspected wrongdoing is far from a fundamental incident of waging war.

Today the Supreme Court did not rule that the president has the authority to detain an American citizen on American soil. What they did was delay the inevitable -- that Padilla must be charged with a crime.

It fluctuates. It depends on what time of year it is.

engaged in hostile and war-like acts, including conduct in preparation for acts of international terrorism that had the aim to cause injury to or adverse effects on the United States.