Jose Padilla Quotations

is confirmation that the Constitution is alive and well and kicking.

represents a continuing, present and grave danger to the national security of the United States.

It fluctuates. It depends on what time of year it is.

Today the Supreme Court did not rule that the president has the authority to detain an American citizen on American soil. What they did was delay the inevitable -- that Padilla must be charged with a crime.

A state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens.

At stake in this case is nothing less than the essence of a free society,

It soothes your taste buds. It gives you high energy. And if it's done right, it slides down your throat.

By contrast, the indefinite military detention without trial of citizens seized in the United States because of suspected wrongdoing is far from a fundamental incident of waging war.