Left can't read well nor do they understand Constitution

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:47:12 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:


"Colin Campbell" (remove underscore) wrote in
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What happens in real life is that - for minor offenses - the subject
is cited with a mandatory court appearance before a US Magistrate.
For serious offenses the subject is detained pending the arrival of
the US Marshals or FBI (who conduct the arrest).



So if a civilian commits an offense on a military installation the military
police have no power to seize and hold him?

Did you read what I posted?


"It's not American foreign policy, or the plight of the
Palestinians, or America's longstanding support for Israel.
A group of people with money and weaponry have simply
decided that we, as a civilization, are unfit to live, and
want, eventally, to exterminate us."
'Christian Century' magazine

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message ink.net...
"Colin Campbell" (remove underscore) wrote in
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Actually, no.

The military does not have arrest powers for any persons not under the
UCMJ.

What happens in real life is that - for minor offenses - the subject
is cited with a mandatory court appearance before a US Magistrate.
For serious offenses the subject is detained pending the arrival of
the US Marshals or FBI (who conduct the arrest).

(I spent a year pulling 'Military Police Duty Officer' 3-4x a month at
Ft Lewis not long ago and I got to be an expert on jurisdictional
issues.)


So if a civilian commits an offense on a military installation the military
police have no power to seize and hold him?

Of course they do. They just don't have the power to arrest him.

Second, the militray doesn't have the legal right to arrest the President,
and I challenge anyone to demonstrate otherwise.

In less enlightened societies, this is regular practice, and is called
a coup.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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Second, the militray doesn't have the legal right to arrest the President,
and I challenge anyone to demonstrate otherwise.

In less enlightened societies, this is regular practice, and is called
a coup.



A few countries come to mind, Liberia, Argentina, France, Russia ........

To mention a few with a past history..

--
When dealing with propaganda terminology one sometimes always speaks in
variable absolutes. This is not to be mistaken for an unbiased slant.

Semantics - 'arrest' in its legal sense is a precise term. 'Crime
prevention' is an act that can be performed by any person, military or
civilian. For instance, are you just going to ignore something like a
mugger beating up a grandmother? Or, as in Florida, where two geezers
simultaneously offed an armed robber sticking up the restaurant and
interrupting their lunches. (They were sitting at different tables.)
Better make the correct decision, though.
Walt BJ