[jwalsh07]

Second, all that was established was that they have a right to a habeus hearing, which isn't much. He or his attorney files a writ petition with a competent federal judge, the department of justice replies that a military tribunal was held and found him to be an unlawful combattant and consigned him to confinement at Guantanamo for further disposition, and the federal judge says petition denied.

LOL. Would this be the same federal judge that banned the Pledge of Allegiance in California public schools last year?

These mooks have more rights than you AJ, they can judge shop. They can file a writ in any jurisdiction in America that pleases them and the Ninth Circuuit is gonna please all of them.

[AndyJackson]

Oh BS. All they got was the right to a hearing somewhere some time. Period.

[AndyJackson]

They can file a writ in any jurisdiction in America that pleases them

That is because the Congress, in the habeus corpus statute, left the jurisdiction in such matters unspecified. In an older hearing, the SC had to fill in that gap, since habeus corpus is a constitutional right. What Congress could do is to fix the problem by specifying which would be the federal district court with jurisdiction in these cases.