Posted on 07/12/2006 11:29:57 PM PDT by RWR8189
House Republicans signaled a coming clash with the Senate over the future of military tribunals yesterday when Armed Service Committee members indicated they were inclined to give the Bush administration largely what it wants in the conduct of terrorism trials.
The tone at the first House hearing since the Supreme Court tossed out President Bush's tribunals last month was markedly different from Tuesday's Senate hearing, where lawmakers from both parties said they wanted to make significant changes to the White House's plans.
"This could be easy," said Rep. Candice S. Miller (R-Mich.), who proudly announced she has neither a law degree nor a college degree as she denounced the high court's 5 to 3 decision against the tribunals as "incredibly counterintuitive." "We could just ratify what the executive branch and the [Department of Defense] have done and move on."
"That would be a very desirable way to proceed," said Daniel J. Dell'Orto, the Pentagon's principal deputy general counsel.
Contrast that with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), who told Dell'Orto and acting Assistant Attorney General Steven G. Bradbury the previous day, "I doubt very much that Congress is going to be disposed to leave these issues to the Department of Defense."
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This should have been done in October 2001.
Thought you may be interested in this.
Thanks.
Except there shouldn't be a battle, they should be unified AGAINST the terrorists and FOR the America people.
Bush needs to grow some balls and tell the SCOTUS to stuff it.
They're the ones in the wrong here, not the administration.
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Great, Arlen! Perhaps we should scrutinize Scottish Law for some insight.
I could not AGREE with you more. My SINator is on the Armed Forces Committee and should resign from his seat.
I thought it was the job of CONgress to make sure the judges serve during "good behavior" which this ruling clearly does not fall under.
Congress needs to stand up and pass the law
to create the necessary tribunals and courts.
A good WSJ editorial addresses this -- Congress should read it.
Osama in Genevaland. Terrorists are now getting lawful-combatant legitimacy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664825/posts
If the Republicans handle this right, this could be the issue to put them over the top this November.
Art5. The present Convention shall apply to the persons referred to in Article 4 from the time they fall into the power of the enemy and until their final release and repatriation.Should any doubt arise as to whether persons, having committed a belligerent act and having fallen into the hands of the enemy, belong to any of the categories enumerated in Article 4, such persons shall enjoy the protection of the present Convention until such time as their status has been determined by a competent tribunal.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.)
RINO POS
I thought it was the job of CONgress to make sure the judges serve during "good behavior" which this ruling clearly does not fall under.
It is. The Know NOthings are stuck in the 1820s and think the US President can tell the SC to go screw itself. He cannot but because they hate Bush they are not intresed in the Legal Reality.
It gets very frustrating with all the bs to sort through.
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