Constitution doesn’t protect terrorists

Mel Lipman’s letter in Sunday’s paper praises the Supreme Court’s ruling to protect imprisoned alleged terrorists. He quoted the majority opinion as saying the Bush administration doesn’t have “the power to switch the Constitution on and off at will.”

Excuse me?

Since when are prisoners of a war on terrorists protected under our Constitution? They are protected only from abuse.

Does Mr. Lipman believe it is only a Republican thing to do this? During World War II, internment camps were created here in the United States for American citizens of Japanese descent simply because of their ancestry. And the president who did so was a Democrat — Franklin D. Roosevelt.

People like Mr. Lipman and groups like the ACLU frighten me. They should frighten you, also.