Combating Domestic Terrorism: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, May 3, 1995

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Page 178 - Wherefore, whenever the ends of Government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the People may, and of right ought, to reform the old, or establish a new Government : the doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.
Page 171 - It is manifest that it was not left to the legislative power to enact any process which might be devised. The article is a restraint on the legislative, as well as on the executive and judicial powers of the government and cannot be so construed as to leave Congress free to make any process ' due process of law
Page 171 - It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter; I mean, so long as the judiciary remains truly distinct from both the legislative and executive. For I agree that "there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.
Page 165 - Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Page 20 - THAT TWO OR MORE PERSONS ARE ENGAGED IN AN ENTERPRISE FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURTHERING POLITICAL OR SOCIAL GOALS, WHOLLY OR IN PART, THROUGH ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE FORCE OR VIOLENCE AND A VIOLATION OF THE CRIMINAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Page 38 - A domestic gev-nn'ty/forror'gm investigation may be initiated when the facts or circumstances reasonably indicate that two or more persons are engaged in an enterprise for the purpose of furthering political or social goals wholly or in part through activities that involve force or violence and a violation of the criminal laws of the United States.
Page 159 - NACDL is a specialized bar association representing the nation's criminal defense lawyers. Its 8,700 direct members and 70 State and local affiliates include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, and law professors. The 36-year old association is devoted to ensuring justice and due process for persons accused of crime; fostering the integrity, independence, and expertise of the criminal defense profession; and promoting the proper and fair administration of criminal justice.
Page 93 - FBI domestic counterterrorism investigations under the guidelines are limited to occasions when there is a reasonable indication that two or more persons are engaged in an enterprise for the purpose of furthering political or social goals wholly or in part through activities that involve force or violence and in violation of the criminal laws of the United States.
Page 165 - The court of star chamber was an efficient, somewhat arbitrary arm of royal power. It was at the height of its career in the days of the Tudor and Stuart kings. Star chamber stood for swiftness and power; it was not a competitor of the common law so much as a limitation on it — a reminder that high state policy could not safely be entrusted to a system so chancy as English law.
Page 157 - Executive order prohibiting transactions with terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process.

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