Posted on 06/28/2004 7:52:56 AM PDT by BearFan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) ruled on Monday that foreign terrorism suspects at a U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba can use the American legal system to challenge their detention, a major defeat for President Bush.
By a 6-3 vote, the justices ruled that American courts do have jurisdiction to consider the claims of the prisoners who say in their lawsuits they are being held illegally in violation of their rights.
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Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong.....
Let me guess, O'Connor, Souter, Stevens, Breyer, Ginsburg, and Kennedy.
Sounds like SCOTUS's friends are:
http://www.cpusa.org/
http://www.dsausa.org/
DSA's "Progressive Caucas" Links below:
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp
The Enemy Within!!!!
SCOTUS seems to be very confused this morning.
Hold on, this is Reuter's reportage.
Yep, the republic is __OVER__. Benjamin Franklin knew it, we couldn't keep a Republic. Alexander Tyler was also right. I just need 10 more years before I can afford to emigrate.
I can see why the 911 plotters did't have the SCOTUS on their list of targets.
Wouldn't want to rile up those who side with you all too frequently.
Even many of the justices just don't seem to get it. We are at war ..
Did the WTC and Pentagon victims and families get their day in court? You might say they did today.. and they lost, imo.
We all lost.
SCOTUS has been confused for a long time. OTOH, maybe they want pesky Gitmo cases to avoid dealing with issues real to Americans.
They should've had a military tribunal, pronto. Ridiculous decision.
Funny, MSNBC is calling it a victory for Bush.
This reminds me of the affirmative action rulings last year, where another O'Connor ruling tried to split the difference yet ended up with a confused mess.
It's a defeat. It's a victory. It's Both (SNL Desert/Floor Wax sketch)
I smell O'Connor and her love of "international law" all over this one.
Worst Supreme Court decision since Dred Scott.
You got it. Her and the rest of the DemocRAT mentality incompetents on that, and a lot of other courts in America today.
there are two rulings here. this part regarding the detainees is a sure defeat for Bush, and for all of us.
indeed. I could live with the part of the decision regarding Hamdi (maybe).
But this part on somehow bestowing US rights on non citizens being held as prisoners outside the US - is total insanity. total.
Who needs the ICC now?
Ronald Reagan's worst decision(along with Kennedy) during his Presidency, IMO.
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