Judges liken terror laws to Nazi Germany

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A powerful coalition of judges, senior lawyers and politicians has warned that the Government is undermining freedoms citizens have taken for granted for centuries and that Britain risks drifting towards a police state. One of the country's most eminent judges has said that undermining the independence of the courts has frightening parallels with Nazi Germany.

Senior legal figures are worried that "inalienable rights" could swiftly disappear unless Tony Blair ceases attacking the judiciary and freedoms enshrined in the Human Rights Act.

Lord Ackner, a former law lord, said there was a contradiction between the Government's efforts to separate Parliament and the judiciary through the creation of a supreme court, and its instinct for directing judges how to behave. He cautioned against "meddling" by politicians in the way the courts operate.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article320005.ece

Now if our press would just figure this one out.

[LibertyorDeath]

1. Well that's the plan

"Senior legal figures are worried that "inalienable rights" could swiftly disappear "

[Metta]

2. How many drops to fill the bucket?

"Do not think lightly of evil," said the Buddha, "thinking it will never come to me. For as a bucket is filled, if even drop by drop, so we fill ourselves with our deeds and mold our characters." the Buddha, more or less.

[Supersedeas]

3. Finally...someone in a position of Authority is standing up for principle

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4. Pity it's just in England

not also the U.S.

Where are our principled leaders? They have to know what's going down.