Comments on: Your Tax Dollars at work http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/03/27/your-tax-dollars-at-work/ We are Flesh-and-Spirit on a journey to Integral Unity with God. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:10:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Huw http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/03/27/your-tax-dollars-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Huw Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:49:27 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/03/27/your-tax-dollars-at-work/#comment-107 You have a good point, Ernesto (Letters of Marquee also figured prominently in the Recent Troubles of the Southland: I had no idea they were a constitutional issue. We do have a reader who is such. John? Are you out there? You have a good point, Ernesto (Letters of Marquee also figured prominently in the Recent Troubles of the Southland: I had no idea they were a constitutional issue.

We do have a reader who is such.

John? Are you out there?

]]> By: Fr. Ernesto http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/03/27/your-tax-dollars-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Fr. Ernesto Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:31:24 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/03/27/your-tax-dollars-at-work/#comment-102 Interestingly enough, if you look at the Constitution, we are allowed to issue "letters of marquee" to private individuals in order to carry out military actions. We eschewed that approach as part of the changes that came under the League of Nations, and the developing ideas of the Geneva Convention. However, the possibility was never legally ruled out nor has the Constitution been changed. Thus, any such private contractor could be seen to be working under a "letter of marquee" and actually have legal protections. I would love to have one of your readers who is a lawyer do a legal analysis on this bit of Consitutional trivia. Interestingly enough, if you look at the Constitution, we are allowed to issue “letters of marquee” to private individuals in order to carry out military actions. We eschewed that approach as part of the changes that came under the League of Nations, and the developing ideas of the Geneva Convention.

However, the possibility was never legally ruled out nor has the Constitution been changed. Thus, any such private contractor could be seen to be working under a “letter of marquee” and actually have legal protections.

I would love to have one of your readers who is a lawyer do a legal analysis on this bit of Consitutional trivia.

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