Trump Trounces 6th Amendment, Says Americans Should be Hauled Before Military Tribunals at GuantnamoBy Kurt Nimmo Would you try to get the military commissions, the trial court there, to try U.S. citizens? the reporter asked. Well, I know that they want to try them in our regular court systems, and I dont like that at all. I dont like that at all. I would say they could be tried there, that would be fine, Trump responded. Either Trump is unaware of the Sixth Amendment, or he believes it is irrelevant and a hindrance. The Amendment states: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. Jacob G. Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, believes the CIA and the Pentagon established a communist-style gulag at Guantnamo Bay. When the Pentagon and the CIA were free to establish their model system in Cuba, they adopted a system that was totally contrary to the principles found in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments. In fact, the irony is that the system that the Pentagon and the CIA established in Cuba mirrors the system set up by Castro and the communists on the rest of the island, he writes. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to former secretary of state Colin Powell, notes many of the detainees held at Guantnamo were innocent. It did not matter if a detainee were innocent. Indeed, because he lived in Afghanistan and was captured on or near the battle area, he must know something of importance, Wilkerson wrote in 2009. He told the Associated Press many detainees clearly had no connection to al-Qaeda and the Taliban and were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Pakistanis turned many over for $5,000 a head. A large number of the detainees were held for years without trial or charges. For instance, Shaker Aamer, who was captured in Afghanistan in 2001. He spent 13 years at Guantnamo. Aamer was cleared of all charges in 2007 but not released until 2015. It can be argued foreign detainees do not have rights under the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth amendments. Trump, however, was talking about American citizens accused by the government of terrorism. The FBI routinely entraps witless patsies with undercover operatives posing as Islamic State recruiters and prosecutes them as terrorists. Does Trump think these people should be shipped to Guantnamo? Many Americans believe Donald Trump is the liberty candidate. His remarks on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, however, demonstrate something else. Trump has made other comments at odds with the Constitution. He advocates stripping so-called anchor babies of their citizenship and sending them back to Mexico. The Fourteenth Amendment extends citizenship rights to everyone born on American soil except for children of foreign diplomats and American Indians, who belong to sovereign tribes. His Muslim database would violate the First and Fifth amendments. Trump wants to target individuals based on religion, which is prohibited by the First. He would also violate the Fifth Amendments guarantee of equal treatment under the law. It should be noted Donald Trump does not have a lot of respect for the First Amendment. He attempted to silence the media by suing an author for $5 billion after he suggested Trump was not a billionaire. Most troubling, however, is what he has threatened to do should he become president, writes Shikha Dalmia. He says hed not only loosen libel laws to allow public officials to sue the press more easily, but also look for other ways to discipline critics. For example, he has threatened to go after Washington Post publisher Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon, on anti-trust grounds for publishing wrong stories about him. But anti-trust laws were meant to thwart monopolies. If he can use this law to silence critics, it is beyond horrifying to imagine what havoc hell wreak when he has the entire federal apparatusthe Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department, the FCCat his disposal. Trump has also attacked the judiciary. He said if elected he would go after Judge Gonzalo Curiel. Trumps animosity is personal: Curiel had refused to throw out a class action lawsuit alleging fraud by Trump University. Donald Trump openly displays contempt for federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, and basic American political norms, concludes Kalmia. The only positive thing that can be said about Donald Trump is he has shaken up the Republican party. He is not a liberty candidate, however. Trump consistently advocates authoritarianism. Finally, Trump displays ignorance of politics and history. Maybe in our deal with Cuba, we get them to take [Guantnamo Bay] over and reimburse us, because were probably paying rent. Were going to keep it open, but were going to get the cost down, because thats ridiculous, he said recently. In fact, the location was leased to the United States in 1903 after it invaded the country. After Fidel Castro came to power, Cuba accepted only one payment of $4,085. Since that time, the US has occupied Guantnamo Bay free of charge and Cuba has protested the occupation. During Obamas visit to Havana in March, Cuban President Raul Castro said there are two obstacles to normalizing relations between the countries. The first is the financial, economic and commercial embargo imposed on Cuba by the United States and the second the illegally occupied naval base at Guantnamo Bay. Kurt Nimmo is the editor of Another Day in the Empire, where this article first appeared. He is the former lead editor and writer of Infowars.com. ..Didnt that Democrat Obama promise to shut down Guantanamo Bay? Along with Change? He has tried several times, but the GOP in Congress has blocked it by pulling any funds to close it down. Obama did make an honest attempt, but you can thank the GOP run congress for that shameful piece of history still being in operation. Whatever shrapnel is left of our Constitution once the current Executive Order President blasts it to pieces, Loose Cannon Donald will lift his leg on. Same for Hillary. At least she probably knows law, even though she commits federal felonies daily and is still stumbling around free. This election has gone beyond high theater into absurd noir. If I were going to vote, which Im not, Id go for whatever candidate promises me a ticket to Mars. But.but. but you forgetPresidential candidate Vermin Supreme promises- if he is elected, you get a free pony. Is that a One Trick Pony? Or a leftover from the election dog-and-pony show? Nice, much appreciated levity, OS. After DP is 3R Circus, and then what? Yikes Hahaha I dont know. Im hoping to be on the ship by then. Dont worry Trump will fix Amurica NOT! The author here is making accusations against Trump by taking his comments out of context. Trump is talking about foreign prisoners of war and combatants at Guantanamo Bay being tried by military tribunals, not ordinary U. S. citizens. Foreign prisoners of war and combatants have no rights under our constitution because the prisoners are not citizens. Therefore, the only human rights they have are under the Geneva Convention for crimes against humanity and terrorism. if we as americans only care about fellow americans we deserve to be hated the world over The CIA should have been disbanded decades ago but the Nazis who took over the USA after Roswell thought it to be the perfect way to keep control and obfuscate the possibility of anyone ever finding out that the alien/military/industrial/complex was running the show and that the Nazis really didnt lose WWII they just moved to a few new locations. It wont matter what Donald or Hillary thinks; as they will do the bidding of the Alien Overlords who have been running the planet for ages. Humans have been processed for millennia by the aliens as slaves to harvest the planet for their needs. The reason for the downsizing is that the age of robots is here and that humans are obsolete for keeping the planet running. The genetic off spring of the original progenitor alien race is about to downsize the populace to make way for their next evolutionary leap of rule. Suing an author or journalist for slander is not the equivalent of silencing the press.. If the media wants to claim the right to report the news, they shouldnt have become the corrupt institution they are, who lie to the American people to protect a corrupt government, and recently, to influence an election. They are guilty of collusion in a corrupt enterprise. If youre unfamiliar with British libel laws, they are used by powerful individuals and groups to silence reporters who are stepping on their toes. It really is used to silence the press. This is exactly what Trump advocated for. While I agree that our media system routinely and egregiously fails the public, Trumps anti-first amendment stance is also appalling. Our media more than fails the public, the level of propaganda in every aspect of life that the media uses, rivals North Korea. You may just not be aware of that fact, like many others. As long as the corruption in America, and the erosion of our liberties is not affecting you personally, you just dont notice. But, once one of YOUR basic rights is taken away, or you suddenly realize you never had it, and you start peaking under the veil of secrecy and lies, it become obvious very quickly that everything you hear is either a lie or a partial truth to help keep the corrupt elite in power. As long as you dont know this, it sounds like a crazy conspiracy theory, and once you do know it, it changes your view on a lot of things, including the press. Their role is to keep politicians in check, not help the corrupt establishment destroy the people theyre supposed to represent! Ive studied the media system extensively, from Hearsts yellow journalism to the CIAs (ongoing) Operation Mockingbird and beyond. Im well aware of corporate media consolidation and control, as well as the innumerable failures of our system. That said, advocacy for impinging on the freedom and latitude of reportage within this already severely damaged system, as Trump has explicitly done, is insane and a step in the wrong direction. Obama believes he has the authority to kill an American he believes is a threat, without any trial. While I dont agree with Trump on this, before going after him, the mainstream media should be going after Obama. But we all know they are going full bore to destroy Trump and get the evil criminal Hillary elected. Trump is only in it to pass the election to his good friend Hitlery. I guess you were wrong 