# If a U.S. President was angry at you... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 13, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-u-s-president-was-angry-at-you/330896 "2005-11-13T22:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-u-s-president-was-angry-at-you/330896/41 "2005-11-15T04:34:53Z")
> [@jimmmy](#): > > Right now the law of the land, an appeals court panel [has ruled](http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050909-113106-7643r.htm), is that the president has the authority to indefinitely detain a U.S. citizen as an enemy combatant, that is the long and short of it. […] **He can identify you as an enemy combatant and put you in jail, in theory forever without a hearing or trial.** _That_ is exactly what I was talking about. This is not the America that I grew up in. We’re back to King George III, pre-Bill of Rights. One of the major reasons we fought the Revolution, for crying out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-u-s-president-was-angry-at-you/330896/42 "2005-11-15T04:39:46Z")
> [@Doug Bowe](#): > > So, the President can order your superiors to put you in the front line to storm the beach. And if you survivie that one, there are more beaches to storm. That is _so_ 11th century B.C.E. (2 Samuel 11:15) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-u-s-president-was-angry-at-you/330896.md?page=2)