Posted on 06/28/2004 7:27:11 AM PDT by ICX
breaking news...
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Should be interesting to see how broad this is.
That stinks.
The decision should be an interesting read.
Is the terror threat that bad?
BUMP to see the actual decision later...
NO ... The headline says "Citizen". I'm guessing it's a terrorism suspect. Post more carefully.
The Constituion is not a suicide pact?
I don't like this. All the government has to do is declare someone a "terrorist" and they are in jail for as long as they want. Is there any doubt that some future Rat president is giggling with delight over this?
Teheheheh
Supreme Court substantially rules for Bush administration in terrorism detention case
Monday, June 28, 2004
BY ANNE GEARAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Monday that Congress gave President Bush the power to hold an American citizen without charges or trial, but said the detainee can challenge his treatment in court.
The ruling sided with the administration on an important legal point raised in the war on terrorism. At the same time, it left unanswered other hard questions raised by the case of Yaser Esam Hamdi, who has been detained more than two years and who was only recently allowed to see a lawyer.
The administration had fought any suggestion that Hamdi or another U.S.-born terrorism suspect could go to court, saying that such a legal fight posed a threat to the president's power to wage war as he sees fit.
``We have no reason to doubt that courts, faced with these sensitive matters, will pay proper heed both to the matters of national security that might arise in an individual case and to the constitutional limitations safeguarding essential liberties that remain vibrant even in times of security concerns,'' Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote for the court.
O'Connor said that Hamdi ``unquestionably has the right to access to counsel.''
shame it doesnt expire once a dem gets in.
Yaser Hamdi: not an enemy combantant, entitled to due process
Gitmo detainees: can have access to US courts
I wouldn't go that far, Laz. Even the Constitution recognizes that rights can be curtailed during insurrection.
My guess is that SCOTUS isn't going to do the heavy lifting on this one - Congress will have to put some constraints on this power - as it should be.
On our local radio they said they CANNOT hold citizens as enemy combatants.???
Also, per FoxNews, Gitmo detainees can have access to US courts. (Libs and lawyers will love that!!!!!)
We have got to reform our courts - get rid of the libs that rule from the bench.
Look, if we don't do away with all our freedoms and protections, the terrorists might take over and do away with all our freedoms and protections.
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