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USA Patriot Act or International Criminal Court

Ron Peacock
Wooster, OH (PN)

Beginning this August, the ACLU has been running television ad's to express support for curbs on extreme portions of the USA Patriot Act, due to "sunset" in 2005. The Pavo News finds itself in the rare position of at least considering the ACLU's stance. Any laws that reduce our privacy or diminish our civil liberties demand extreme scrutiny. In times of national emergency or crisis, it may be necessary to curtail or suspend certain liberties but such actions should never become the standing law of the land and should be scheduled for frequent review until such time as they are no longer required.

The Patriot Act may provide the necessary means for law enforcement to prosecute the domestic war on terror, but the ACLU is correct to question the breadth and scope of the law. Constitutional rights must never be sacrificed for the illusion of security nor be eclipsed by internal or external powers. The law must always be subject to the will of the people so that it may be repealed or abolished in an instant.

While the ACLU questions certain aspects of the Patriot ACT during this election cycle, they have been completely silent with respect to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This globalist, 'new world order' ambition of establishing an international tribunal, independent of and transcending the sovereignty of all nations, may very well end democracy and independence as we know it. It would seem logical that the ACLU would regard this as a subject of immense importance given that we have two Presidential contenders with entirely opposing views on ICC inclusion.

President Bush is firmly against signing a treaty to join the ICC, as any reasonable American and defender of the Constitution should be (more info at Cato Institute and RenewAmerica.us). Sen. Kerry, on the other hand, fully supports America's capitulation to this foreign organization (see question no. 9). There is nothing more terrifying or more revealing about Kerry's plan for the US, than this admission.

If you need any reason at all not to vote for Kerry, this is number one on the list. Can you imagine the United States and its citizens subject to a rule of law dispensed from an international body, not subject to our Constitution and possessing about as much integrity as the United Nations? For the sake of your freedom, reflect upon the subject long and hard!

 


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