Abstract

Extrajudicial Activism

Presents the author's views on how world leaders, political issues and news events of the day are often compared the leaders, issues, and events of the past. Review of comments made by Senator Dick Durbin comparing the Guantánamo Bay prison facilities to Nazi detention camps and Stalinist gulags; Analysis of the criticisms made regarding the American facilities in Guantánamo Bay made by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights; Discussion of the case of former Ku Klux Klan member Edgar Ray Killen links current and past issues in American politics and society; View that Americans and American politicians need to better understand their own fear and the ethical dilemma's inherent in the global war on terrorism.