[FormerACLUmember]

Traitors among us. The enemies of our nation.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..a few hours later, a California-based appeals court ruled that the entire system whereby al Qaeda "enemy combatants" have been detained at Guantanamo Bay is unconstitutional...

That's just for starters. It's also a complete breach of the Geneva Convention, which states that combatants captured in an international armed conflict must be treated as prisoners of war, unless and until a 'competent tribunal' determines that a specific prisoner is not entitled to that status. But the worst aspect of Gitmo, the one we'll most regret in years to come, is the way our side has tossed away the high moral ground, for expediency.

[StonyBurk]

Seems on the part of Padilla--a reasonable man would see
that he ceded his rights as an American citizen when he
determined to act as an enemy combatant (muslim jihadi/shahadi)And as demonstrated by the illegal deployment of US combat troops to Macedonia (IFOR)by
that "unusually good Liar"(Clinton) who got COngressional approval after the fact. And as the President has a duty to
protect the American people from enemy combatants. . . ?
As for the detainees at Gitmo--I think they ought have
qualified Military/Jewish legal advisors.Properly cleared.

[sr4402]

The ruling is an undeniable black eye for the administration, which may well have overreached in its handling of this very peculiar case.

As the Grinch would say "Wrong-o...", the "black eye" the court is trying to give is to the Presidency of the United States. It is a power grab, plain and simple. The President is charged with protecting our nation as our Commander in Chief and they are clearly trying to pry this away from him during a time of war. Big Wrong-o.

Please pray that the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold the Presidencies power to protect our nation. It is time to Impeach these wacko justices and I don't think the Democrats have the balls to do it.