Talk:Moyer v. Peabody

A fact from Moyer v. Peabody appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 October 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the United States Supreme Court held in Moyer v. Peabody (1909) that the U.S. government may imprison citizens without probable cause during an insurrection so long as it acts in good faith?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/October.

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presentation of quote is misleading[edit]

In the current last paragraph of this article, the last three sentences apparently are really a quote from someone and comprise someone's opinion, but in its current form it initially reads as if part of the factual content of the article. Shouldn't such a quote be qualified as such with a lead-in or other additional text rather than just plopped into the paragraph like that with a couple quotes and a footnote???

The current paragraph follows:

After the 9/11 attacks, however, Moyer took on new significance. In 2004, the case was thoroughly discussed in the Supreme Court's "illegal enemy combatant" decision, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 (2004). The Moyer case may take on increasing significance in the future as the "War on Terror" continues. "The ruling's appeal to present-day government lawyers is obvious. The administration has taken pains to emphasize that the Padilla detention order—like the order establishing the ground rules for military commissions—was signed by President Bush in the exercise of his authority as commander-in-chief. And if a state governor playing commander-in-chief can persuade the courts to rubber-stamp his abusive actions, surely a President can, too."[23]

The quote strikes a false cord in it's current form -- I'm surprised this got through whatever screening is performed prior to showcasing a Wikipedia article, as this one was today.

Gloryroad 18:12, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Verb tenses and other minor changes[edit]

There were some edits made to this article on Oct. 26 which, while very helpful, in some cases used the passive past tense (for example, "was deployed"). A better style, which makes for more dynamic reading, is simply the past tense (for example, "deployed"). I hope I did not step on any toes to revert them to the past tense. Another change was "Holmes stated." Technically, Holmes wrote; he did not speak. I changed that back to "wrote". Finally, two sentences were amalgamated into one ("using the rationale provided in 'Moyer,' but..."). However, this created a run-on sentence. I reverted the change back to two sentences. - Tim1965 19:06, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]