This is bogus, when was the last time the US officially declared war on anyone? It has become a norm that the President can do what Bush did.
This is bogus too. There was clear legal precedence that gave Bush the power to do this, and there were SC decisions to back it up. They now changed their minds, but it does not mean that when Bush did it he was on solid legal footing.
He would ask for that because the SC changed their minds. This would go around the SC decision, which is flawed. All of the practices you just mentioned were in place long before even came to office and again he stoof on clear legal footing and OLC decisions to back up his actions.
The Constitution protects the rights of American citizens. All American citizens retain the same rights as they always have. Every bill passed by Congress on this issue and signed by the President spells that out. This argument basically amounts to Bush "might" do this, and that is bad, but in reality he hasn't done anything illegal.
There are more examples than you cite when Presidents have suspended and tried to suspend Habeus Corpus.
* The U.S. Civil War (Abraham Lincoln)
* Reconstruction (Ulysses S. Grant)
* World War II (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
* Post World War II (Harry S Truman)
* Post-Oklahoma City Bombing (Bill Clinton)
* Post-9/11 (George W. Bush)
You, as an American have lost no rights under GWB. Name one that you have lost that is not explicitly protected in laws passed by Congress.
And since you are so fond of mentioning the Constitution, perhaps you could point to the part where it says the Supreme Court has the power of Judicial Review to begin with?
