17 Quotes by Andrew Patel

The plea that will be entered next Thursday will be 'not guilty'.

Mr. Padilla is being treated as any American citizen. This case should be tried in a public courtroom, and will be tried in a public courtroom.

Never before in our history has an American president claimed the power to be able to detain without charge and indefinitely an American citizen in a civilian setting.

If they have evidence that he did something wrong, indict him and give him a forum where he can defend himself as every American citizen has been able to do for the last 225 years.

He's hasn't been allowed to defend himself. That's what we do in America. We give people -- no matter what they're accused of -- we give them their day in court.

We don't know if the order exists in written form. It is his order that started the ball rolling on this illegal detention.

Without Padilla's input, this court is deprived of a full factual record.

We will be providing him with a zealous defense.

Once you open the door to a power like that, where does it end? ... There is a certain bedrock way we do things as Americans. If we believe someone has done something bad, we take them to court and prove it. It's a grade-school civics thing.