Obama and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett MUST Go

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Just because someone has the ability to do something, does not mean he or she should do it. We have two examples of such a situation before us at the moment: President Barack Obama and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett.

Here in Pennsylvania, Terry Williams, a man who has been living on
death row for three decades after being convicted murdering two men when
he was only 17 and 18, is slated to be executed October 3.

He has
exhausted his appeals and his family, his attorney, and even the wife of
one of the men he killed, are asking the state’s governor and former
attorney general, Republican Tom Corbett, to grant him clemency. Why?
Williams was repeatedly raped by his two victims, beginning when he was
only a 13-year-old boy.

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It’s ironic that the same Gov. Corbett who
turned a blind eye to Penn State serial boy rapist and football coach
Jerry Sandusky is now, at least so far, allowing this obscene execution
to go forward.

Corbett signed the death warrant for Williams’ execution
early this month.

Then we have President Obama. Last fall he signed into law the
Constitution-shredding National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which
includes a provision allowing the military, inside the United States, to
arrest and detain indefinitely without trial American citizens.

He
initially assured the public that he would not use that tyrannical power
as president. Not wanting to trust that all presidents would say the
same thing, a group of journalists and other plaintiffs then filed suit
in federal court, claiming the law was unconstitutional (the sixth
amendment to the Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, guarantees to
all people — not just citizens — the right to a “speedy and public
trial, by an impartial jury”).

Two days ago, Federal District Judge
Katherine Forrest (an Obama appointee to the bench) issued a permanent
injunction in New York declaring that the provisions of the NDAA which
allow for the kidnapping and indefinite detention without charge of
American citizens were permanently enjoined because they were
unconstitutional.

That could have been the end of it, but late
yesterday, after newspaper deadlines had passed and after the evening
news programs had run, the White House appealed that ruling. The president who Obama says he would never use this horrific law is fighting in
court to overturn the decision declaring it unconstitutional!

What hope and change? 

There are lines that should never be crossed, and here are two of
them. A boy who kills two men who had repeatedly raped him as a child
and whose jury was not even told about that abuse, should not be
executed, or probably even jailed — certainly not for 30 years — in a
civilized society.

A president, sworn to uphold and defend the
Constitution of the United States, should not support, much less
actively battle in court to defend, a law that undermines,
fundamentally, that founding document.

Terry Williams at 17. PA Gov. Corbett signed his death warrant earlier this month
Terry Williams at 17. PA Gov.

Corbett signed his death warrant earlier this month…

 

Dave Lindorff – September 15, 2012 – posted at ThisCan’tBeHappening

 

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