Fighting terrorists with legal system

I see by the questionable decision by the Supreme Court that we are taking the first steps to fighting the war on terror with the legal system again.

This is basically how we were dealing with it pre-9/11, and as a result, we all have one of those memories where you can remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you became aware of the events of that infamous day.

First of all, I need to ask how effective our legal system can possibly be in this endeavor.

In many cases we are dealing with people who fly commercial airliners into sky scrapers.

There are groups that have no qualms whatsoever with strapping highly explosive suicide vests onto children and sending them into crowds on innocent people.

How much respect should we anticipate people like this to give to subpoenas and warrants issued by the legal system from the United States of America?

Imagine telling a Kamikaze pilot while he is climbing into his plane that he is being audited by the IRS. Think he cares?

The more disturbing aspect is none of these ideas come into effect until after the fact.

A potential terrorist has to commit an act of terror before the legal system can do anything about it.

I also see where many on the far left are praising this idea. I suppose we should prepare ourselves for two years from now when all the unforeseen and unintended consequences surface. We can hear a speech about "Our intentions were good, "which is code for "that was a real bad idea."

Marc Thomsen

Elk Grove Village