How can this be? Hotshot lawyers all over the place have been telling us this is illegal. LOL
Hahahahaha. I know just what you mean. -- roll eyes --
The legal issues and posture are a bit more complex than "legal/illegal," FWIW.
A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., refused last month to allow the transfer of Padilla from military custody in South Carolina to civilian custody, citing the government's use of one set of facts before the courts to justify Padilla's military detention without charges and another to persuade a grand jury in Miami to indict him on the terrorism-related charges.In that appeals court decision, Judge J. Michael Luttig warned the administration that it risked its credibility with the courts by changing tactics in what could be interpreted as an effort to avoid judicial scrutiny.
Did Judge Napolitano weigh in yet?
Lawyers are by definition people who use the law for the special purposes of their clients. That does not mean they know what is lawful.
You have freepmail
Not only is it now legal, but a precedent has been set! 8^)