QotD: Political Prisoners

That [this] position should be cavalierly propounded and thinly defended is not surprising, because the position is cavalier and indefensible. The notion that the chief executive can clap anyone in prison forever with only nominal court review was one the Founders had something to say about, in a document called the Declaration of Independence. In any case, maximalism has already crumbled in court.

Jonathan Rauch, "The Candidates' Four Detention Camps: What will the next president do about war on terror prisoners?", Reason, 2007-08-14