Posted on 06/29/2006 7:06:36 PM PDT by SandRat
Despite what you may have heard Club GITMO is still open for business
Best I can tell the Supreme Court simply ruled that these terrorists can be detained indefinitely without trial ~ the rest of it is so much BS.
I look forward to the debate in Congress about it. I visualize Dem Congress critters proudly stepping up to the mikes and denouncing any attempt to legislate in favor of prosecuting terrorists.
But first the arduous task of imagining a Republican Critter pushing for this legislation.
Nice answer by Bush.
The conservative justices came through. Hopefully we can see a couple more liberals leaving the bench.
we just need one.
no, its far worse then that. let's not sugar coat it, this ruling is a big win for the left, and for the terrorists.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
I don't know. If we follow the Geneva convention...the terrorist don't fall under it by definition. They could be summarily shot in the field...or right now.
by whose interpretation of the geneva convention? the one ratified means nothing, if 5 members of the SCOTUS say it means something else.
BTW, citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia have a complaint against the same crowd. When the federales get tired of playing with their Taliban and AlQaida prisoners, I'm sure local charges can be made over the Pentagon event ~ killings and other capital crimes took place long before the plane crashed.
Virginia's record in executing mad-dog killers is the best in the country you know ~ even have hanging juries in the most Liberal of suburbs.
The USSC decision gives me hope that a claim by Virginia on those prisoners would pass all judicial muster.
We now understand that not wearing a uniform still includes you as part of the adversary
and allows you the same rights as the military that are accorded by the Geneva Convention.
This ruling now allows our government to finally treat the Media of the United States Press Corps
as enemy soldiers, and from hence forth to be treated as such.
End of Transmition. Watch your six.
believe me, if the choice comes down to the FBI/CIA having to reveal evidence to give Hamdan a trial by any measure of US criminal standards - they will not do that. they will release him to be tried someplace else, by some other state who will do it, before dragging all of this into a court, or giving his ACLU lawyers discovery.
a jury in Virgina couldn't even give Moussaoui the death penalty.
I walked right into that one. You're right. As long as the black robes are making the rules...there are no rules.
Far as I can see that is what this does. We can hold them but we cannot try them so basically perpetual Legal Limbo. Guess they forgot that along with McCain's Torture Amendment the US Congress has all ready limited Terrorists access to US Courts. And since John Roberts will NOT have to recuse himself again of they challenge the Congress, this is the last hurra of the Leftist Clinton court.
Let the Rats argue that every scumbag terrorist plucked out of the mountains of afghanistan deserves a full OJ-style, media-circus trial, complete with a "dream team" of ACLU attorneys and "if the rag don't fit, you must acquit." That ought to go over well.
oooooooooooooo! That's cold hearted! I like it!
now you've got it.
we shouldn't try and sugar coat this today. I see alot of freepers trying to spin it as "so what". this is a significant victory for the left, and its simply one part of a legal strategy to use the courts to usurp the war on terror. we can't afford to be shortsighted here.
Dude, quit handwringing!!
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