12-12-02 Outrage Over Morsi But Not Over Our Dictator

Outrage Over Morsi But Not Over Our Dictator
By Jacob G. Hornberger
November 28, 2012 "fff" --  It is so amusing to see mainstream commentators condemning Egypt’s president, Mohamed Morsi, for assuming dictatorial powers. Their critiques are well-taken, as I observed in my blog post of yesterday, “Morsi’s Democratic Dictatorship.” But what’s amusing about the mainstreamers is how they can so quickly identify and condemn dictatorial conduct on the part of foreign rulers but maintain an absolutely obsequious blind spot when it comes to the dictatorial actions by their own ruler.

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For the constitutional philosophers - the article ends with a proposed novel Constitutional Amendment:

What’s the solution to the dictatorial system under which we now live? How about an amendment to the Constitution that reads as follows:

The federal  government shall not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, and every person accused of a crime shall be accorded the rights of trial by jury, the presumption of innocence, and the right to confront witnesses, and no cruel and unusual punishments shall be inflicted on anyone, and this time we, the American people, really do mean it.