"Eyona nto ingundoqo yenkululeko ekhuselwe yinkqubo yethu ye-Anglo-Saxon yamagunya ahlukeneyo ibe kukukhululeka ekuvalelweni ngokungenasiphelo ngokuthanda kwesiGqeba." UMgwebi uAntonin Scalia
Iziphumo zetyala likaPadilla zenza “ingozi eyodwa nengazange ibonwe ngaphambili kwinkululeko yakhe wonke ummi waseMelika… Emngciphekweni akukho nto ingaphantsi kondoqo woluntu olukhululekileyo… alimele lisebenzise izixhobo zoozwilakhe nokuba lixhathise uhlaselo lwegunya lobuzwilakhe.” Umgwebi uJohn Paul Stevens
Ngokwala ukuchophela ityala likaPadilla iNkundla Ephakamileyo yagweba indoda emsulwa ukuba iqhubeke ivalelwa kungekho naliphi na ithuba lokuphikisa imiqathango yokuvalelwa kwayo. Ukwala kwabo kusebenza njengesigwebo setyala kwaye kubhukuqa umgaqo omde wokuba “msulwa ade afunyanwe enetyala.”
Ukongeza, isigwebo sabo someleza isikhundla esimdaka soLawulo lwaseBush lokuba amabanjwa akwimfazwe engaphefumlelwanga yobugrogrisi anokuthunyelwa “njengabalwi abangekho mthethweni”; iintetho zobuxoki ezingenantsingiselo esemthethweni.
Kwiinyanga ezingaphambili, iNkundla ye-2 yeZibheno yachitha udidi olungenangqondo olwaqulunqwa nguBush Administration kwaye yagweba ukuba uPadilla akhululwe ngokukhawuleza. Eso sigwebo asizange sihoywe luLawulo, laza elo tyala laya kutsho kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo.
Ngoku “abahlanu abakhohlakeleyo” baye basithethelela isikhundla sikaMongameli ngokwala ukuchophela ityala ngokufanelekileyo. Endaweni yoko, balibuyisele ityala kwinkundla esezantsi ukuze lihlaziywe ngaphandle kokujongana nenyani yokuba uPadilla uye wahluthwa onke amalungelo enkqubo efunekayo ngaphezulu kweminyaka emibini.
Impendulo yabo inokuchazwa kuphela njengoloyiso olupheleleyo kulawulo olwathi (nangona lungazange lube nako ukufumana inkundla ukuba iwubhukuqe ngokuphandle uMgaqo-siseko) luzuze kwaeso siphumo sinye; “ukuvalelwa entolongweni ngonaphakade” ngaphandle kwayo nayiphi na indlela yokuphikisa ukuvalelwa kwakhe.
Akunakwenzeka ukugqithisa ukubaluleka kwetyala lePadilla. Ngawo nawuphi na umgangatho wenjongo, lelona tyala libalulekileyo kwimbali yenkundla.
Eyona nto iyenza ibe yengaqhelekanga kukuba, ngokusisiseko, ayithethi nje kuphela “ngamalungelo abemi banawo” okanye “imilinganiselo yaloo malungelo ayintoni na” kodwa, “enoba abemi banamalungelo okanye abanawo kwaphela.”
Khumbula, uPadilla akakhange ahluthwe amalungelo athile …Uhluthwe ONKE amalungelo akhe. Okwangoku, akakabekwa tyala lolwaphulo-mthetho; zizityholo nje zamaxesha athile nezinocalucalulo ezivela kwiSebe lezoBulungisa elisebenze ngokungadinwayo ukulisusa ityala.
UBush wenza ibango elingenakuqinisekiswa ukuba unokulahla lonke ukhuseleko lomgaqo-siseko kunye nokuvalela abarhanelwa ngokungenasiphelo ngokubona kwakhe.
Ukuba oku kunjalo, “amalungelo angenakuhluthwa” asiyonto ngaphandle kwezipho zethutyana zikarhulumente ezinokususwa ngokuthanda kukaMongameli.
Olu, enyanisweni, luluvo lukamongameli ngalo mba.
Yimbono ekwabelwana ngayo ngokuphandle sisininzi senkundla esithe savuma esi sikhundla ngokungasilelanga.
Isigidimi sabo sicace gca; abasayi kukhusela kwanezona mfundiso zisisiseko zoMgaqo-siseko, kodwa baya kubhekisa kwisigqeba esilawulayo njengomlamli kuphela wobulungisa.
Asiseluhlanga lwemithetho; ityala likaPadilla lingqina oko ngendlela ekholisayo.
Kwakukho izilumkiso zoku ngaphambili kwimbali yeNkundla. Kwale nkundla inye yala ukuyalela uSekela Mongameli uCheney ukuba akhulule amaphepha e-Energy Task Force eluntwini. La maxwebhu ngokuqinisekileyo ebeya kukhanyisela ngokusetyenziswa kweemarike zamandla eCarlifonia, kunye nokuveza iinkampani zeoyile ezingama-60 eziye zadibana noCheney ekwahluleni iindawo zeoli zase-Iraq, ekugqibeleni, zakhokelela ilizwe emfazweni.
Umxholo wala maphepha ucace gca kumdla woluntu kwaye ukwala kweNkundla ukunyanzelisa ukuvezwa kwawo kubonisa ubunzulu bobutyala bawo.
Ngokufanayo, kodwa okumangalisayo, le yinkundla enye eyathi yabhukuqa inkqubo yedemokhrasi ngokusebenzisa ufundo olugxekayo lwesiHlomelo se-14 ukubhukuqa unyulo luka-2000. Ngokusebenzisa igatya "lokukhuselwa ngokulinganayo" lokunqumamisa ukubalwa kweevoti eFlorida, inkundla yaseka inkolelo yamathambo kwaye yatshabalalisa umgaqo osisiseko worhulumente wedemokhrasi. (ilungelo lokubalwa kwevoti)
Kule nkalo, ityala likaPadilla ligqiba nje umsebenzi owaqala kudala; ukudiliza amaziko okuzilawula. Ngokukhupha izikhuselo ezikhusela ummi kwimibhobho yelizwe, inkundla yongeza kuphela kuluhlu lwayo loloyiso oluthandabuzekayo.
“Ukuvalelwa entolongweni ngokungekho mthethweni” kuhlala kuluphawu olusisigxina lobuzwilakhe. (Uxolo kuAlexander Hamilton)
Ukuvalelwa okuqhubekayo kukaJose Padilla kubonisa ukuba iNkundla ePhakamileyo yangoku ilungelelanise neenjongo zezopolitiko zeSigqeba esiLawulayo kwaye ayinakulindeleka ukuba ikhusele uMgaqo-siseko okanye igcine umthetho womthetho.
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