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Originally Posted by ontheroad
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Wow! I checked out some of the provisions of this and I was not sure if they were talking about Pakistan or the United States for a minute.
* Constitutional safeguards on life and liberty curtailed
* Police get wide powers of arrest
* Suspects can be denied access to lawyers
* Freedom of movement restricted
* Private TV stations taken off air
* New rules curtail media coverage of suicide bombings or militant activity
* Chief justice replaced, others made to swear oath of loyalty
* Supreme Court banned from rescinding emergency order