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Trump just activated a secret 1990s court
(REUTERS)
The Government Built a Court Where the Accused Cannot Answer
Secrecy Is the Instrument
Nazira Haji Zada, a 47-year-old lawful permanent resident, was deported to Afghanistan through the Alien Terrorist Removal Court without being charged with a crime or permitted to see the classified evidence against her. Her lawyers could not examine that evidence either. Attorney General Todd Blanche nevertheless presented the result as a victory for “national security and the rule of law.”
That phrase reverses reality. The proceeding did not demonstrate the rule of law; it demonstrated how legal…
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