Do you think the "Military Commissions Act" should be repealed?
915525
Absouletly. IT should be repealed ASAP. It destorys habeus corpeus and violates the civil rights of the american people. IT also redefines the geneva convention for the united states to interept at their own will. It sets the road for a military dicatorship in the united states, in the form of a facist police state using federal agencies like the department of homeland security as a front.  It clearly violates the united states constitution and puts our country in a hardline stance that violates everything that we stand for. It also gives the ability for them to classify american citizens as enemy combantants, and allows for them to be punished without trial or jury.
714617
I doubt that the bill will pass.  Neither party is ready for the backlash such legislation would cause.\n\nThe logic behind the bill is flawed as well.  The idea is that politicians will be more reluctant to use military force if the possiblity exists their child maybe drafted.  How many times has a politician that was of age during the Vietnam war been criticized for using political favors to avoid service?  Clinton, Bush, Rumsfeld etc., etc.  In the end the law would have no teeth and would not accomplish what it was intended to do.  Combine that with the fact that every interview I have seen with military command has indicated they do not want or need a draft and it seems unlikely the legislation will pass.
159664
most people would claim that to be unfair. you would get a "militant" congress. i wouldn't be against it personally, but many people find it below them to serve in the military.
324661
No, the military is by choice right now.  Now, if the draft comes around, (pray it doesn't) if they have anything to do with their kids not going, throw them out of office right then.
202049
I think we should bring most of our troops home, but disbanding the military seems like a really bad idea.  Going from a major world power that's hated as much as we are to totally defenseless is not such a hot idea.  I do think, though, that we could use our military power almost exclusively defensively.  But think about what would have happened in World War II if we'd had no military.  I don't know about you, but I don't want to rely on Canada and Mexico being nice to us.  Then again I don't want to rely on our government making good decisions, either.
496026
Yes,use your imagination JUST_,I would vote for this if it were to follow the original constitution.There is a lot of"MEN" who would support having this come to fruition.We have a country that rejects its men,allows illegals to come in to any state,allows women to kill their unborn children,who would be living breathing people if they didn`t and allow people who are not citizens to acquire disability who can not speak English.Something that a six week night course could cure.The list could go on for hours but In the correct form I WOULD do what you ask. GOOD QUESTION!
13088
Lots of reasons, it clearly takes away certain presidential powers, as the act restricts some things that aren't outlined clearly in the constition. It also grants the president 40 (I think) days to do as he pleases with the military, before the congress must intervene. It was passed, partially, in response to the actions of the President during the Vietnam War.
750678
The answer is no. The military is not a democracy. Its job is to kill people and break their stuff. Period. Their opinion on the orders they receive is irrelevant.
173860
Yes, but it was repealed.
291064
i think we're missing one important point in this conversation. \n\n1. the war powers act, and virtually any law written and passed by professional politicians, is open to interpretation.\n\n2. professional politicians, and the fleet of lawyers they employ, are unlikely to take a position that is indefensible in court.
272599
The war has gone for the bad.  I can not believe that you are asking this.  The soldiers disserted out of fear.  With all the hate there is back there, with every face turning in disgust, it is no wonder that they did.  You, at any  moment, could be hit with a car bomb or a sucide bomber.  It is crazy and should be stopped.  The war is no longer neccesary.  It may have been at one point, but no longer.
520416
I'd make it so that congress had to call a jury of 12 regular americans after the president signs a bill into law.  If all 12 americans agree that any one (or more) lines in the bill is unnecessary or unjust, then that part of the bill is invalidated and the rest goes into law.\n\nThink about how many unnecessary spending projects and corporate subsidies, and little rules that hurt consumers would be purged from our laws!  It would be awesome.
619604
No !\nIt is outdated and a waste of our public money now,\nAll they are now is a figure head of Britain without any powers they are a puppet monarchy.\nWe elect our own government without a say from the monarchy\nBut still our leaders out of respect have to ask the monarchy if it can dissolve Parliament. It is a Farce\nIn today's Britain we have enough people sponging off the state without a family that is so privileged that it doesn't know what it like to live month to month.\nIt is time that all this tradition is done away with once and for all.
740935
That would be unConstitutional.  We've had enough of that.
133221
It is apparently legal or he would not be doing it.  War time calls for certain things to be given up in the name of National Security.  The fact is that the generations before us have given up a whole lot more in times of war than this generation has even begun to think about.  They rationed everything in WWII and in all wars before this one and the first Gulf War people were drafted into service of their country without recourse. If they said you had to go you had to go, at least that is not happening at this point.  An all voluteer military has more morale and our Service Personell have the best training and equipment that any military has ever had.  \n\nThe fact is that the databases that have been questioned have always been available through business means and that was never questioned anymore than someone selling your name and address to telemarketers used to be.  Now in order to keep us safe they are lisening to International calls, well if it makes us safer for even just one more day then it was worth it.  Remember how we all felt after 9/11 and think about how if that happened again tomorrow the same people who are complaining about the wiretapping would be the first to ask why the government did not do more to protect us from this happening again.  \n\nIf it would be found to be an impeachable offense the president would have to be indited by the House of Representitives and tried in the Senate and convicted by a 2/3 majority of the Senate.  Without a major change in the elections this year it is not very likely that this would happen politically.  The sorriest about all of this is that it is taking away from the work that the Legislature should be doing, these proceedings always take away more than they will ever bring and no President seated or unseated has ever been convicted in an impeachment proceeding.
109419
They should absolutely be protected ... to a point. If their actions become treasonous or put our soldiers' lives in jeopardy, they should be shut down and put in jail.\n\nLike in the Sedition Act of 1918.
161714
i think that it is about time... too many of the decisions for military spending is up to Congress. my opinion is that a seperate board should be constructed to vote on new upgrades for the military.