Ex Parte Padilla.

Striking a blow against those terrorist conspirators who orchestrated the Fourth Amendment, a federal court headed by conservative Supreme Court contender Michael Luttig declares that US citizens can be held indefinitely without charges. ” For his part, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, another big-time Court contender, “hailed the ruling as reaffirming ‘the president’s critical authority to detain enemy combatants who take up arms on behalf of al Qaeda.’ Oh, yes, they will destroy this village in order to save it.