Michael Moore thinks Osama Bin Laden deserved a trial

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

The founding fathers created a nice framework for our country with the drafting of the Constitution. However, time and time again our country's leaders have ignored specific elements within the Constitution...and we're better for it.

I can respect this argument because it recognizes Constitutional provisions rather than completely overlooking them.

But it is a dangerous argument, given that the Constitution protects us from all sorts of possible ugliness.

The Nazis killed many more Americans than bin Laden did. Yet Nazi criminals got trials. Have we become so uncivilized since 1945 that we can no longer live up to our Constitutional ideals of justice by trial?