this case is out of control now - I think I understand what the administation is doing - delaying the inevitable, the inevitable being that Padilla will be granted a full US civil trial which the government will not be able to win.
in the end, Padilla will walk.
This is quite possibly the most inchorent article by the AP I have ever read. Either that or someone in the Justice Department has gone stark raving mad. Good for Judge Lutting.
The three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also refused the administration's request to vacate a September ruling that gave President Bush wide authority to detain "enemy combatants" indefinitely without charges on U.S. soil.
OK, I'm officially confused. The Bush administration is seeking to have a favorable ruling, recognizing its authority to detain enemy combatants, vacated??? ...and to have Padilla put in civil custody instead of military???
I don't get it...
Just shoot him while trying to escape or have a suicide in his cell. Problem solved.
Published order denying motion for authorization to transfer petitioner from military custody
Looks like Luttig is not too happy with Bush for being overlooked for SCOTUS.
Time for Padilla to have an "accident".
... to the Supremne Court!
I feel very safe in saying that he wants this important issue decided- one way or the other. He would probably support the administration from his remarks on Hamdi (like any constitutionalist would LOL!). But whatever the outcome he feels all the branches of the government need their feet held to the fire- and he's just the man to do it, bless him.
...and that no one should mess around with the Fourth District.
Good on Luttig.
IMHO, if you catch an American as a terrorist, just shoot him. Do NOT take him prisoner, just shoot. I trust our military FAR more than I'd ever trust our court system.
And Luttig is so much better than Harriette Myers. /sarcasm
Padilla's a flipping traitor, and his name when he fought against his own nation was Abdullah al-Muhajir.
Wonder why Luttig can't see through this Padilla crap?
Leave him in military custody. Send him to Abu Grahib.
Wow, is this ever confusing.
PADILLA V. HANFT
December 21, 2005
A federal appeals court denies the government's request to transfer American terror suspect Jose Padilla from military custody to civilian custody, concluding that by doing so "the government may be attempting to avoid consideration of our decision by the Supreme Court, and also because we believe that this case presents an issue of such special national importance as to warrant final consideration by that court."
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/padilla/padhanft122105ord.pdf
Pres. Bush's Memo on Transferring Padilla
http://public.findlaw.com/pnews/news/hdocs/docs/padilla/gwb112005memo.html
See the Padilla Terror Case History
http://news.lp.findlaw.com/legalnews/us/terrorism/cases/index.html#padilla
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1505800_1
Padilla's Defense Attorney Andrew Patel
http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1200006_1
Padilla's Defense Attorney Donna Newman
http://pview.findlaw.com/view/2946081_1
FindLaw's Supreme Court Center
http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/
Was Padilla a US Citizen?
All the little Nancy boys on the Fourth are upset that after three--errr--two picks by Bush for the High Court they've yet to make a showin'
FoxNews reports that SCOTUS has permitted the transfer to civilian court, requested by the administration.