"Peter" wrote in message
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Following through with what you say, what is to keep the President from
designating his political opposition as UECs and deciding to "dispose of
them as he sees fit?" Even impeachment wouldn't protect against a
President gone wild because (according to your summary above) the
president could just declare all those who support his impeachment to be
UECs as well. Surely there's got to be some judicial mechanism
interposed to review the charges against those accused of being UECs,
even if it is a military court.

What you've just noted is why I believe that eventually, the UEC "exception"
will be found unconstitutional. It may take some changes in the court, but
many of the important decisions regarding UEC's and their treatment have
been by 5-4 votes. Those kinds of close decisions are often reversed when
the right case and the right lawyers hit the Supreme Court. Who would have
thunk Heller would have succeeded after all the rulings to the contrary?

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Bobby G.