Supreme Court Blocks Guantanamo Bay War-Crimes Trials (SCOTUS rules against President)

Fox News & AP ^ | June 29, 2006

[pabianice]

Breaking...

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Update:

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees, a rebuke to the administration and its aggressive anti-terror policies.

Justice John Paul Stevens wrote the opinion, which said the proposed trials were illegal under U.S. law and Geneva conventions.

The case focused on Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who worked as a body guard and driver for Usama bin Laden. Hamdan, 36, has spent four years in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo...

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[jwalsh07]

Actually it is pretty bad on second glance, the effect of Steven's opinion is that we, the people of the USofgoodoleA, have a treaty with Al Qaeda.

A treaty never signed by the POTUS or approved by Congress. JUstice Stevens just did it by judicial fiat.

How else can one explain his opinion that the Al Qaeda is covered by the Geneva Convention?

[ichabod1]

Dump the prisoners on Castro. Let him deal with them. OTOH, he'd probably give them medals.

[Mo1]

Thanks for that link

[BlueAngel]

Why did Pres. Bush want them to do this, as you say? Explain it to me. The White House just said that they were not going to release a statement at this time, they need time to digest it.

[IMRight]

"Fortunately the Libs on the court are the oldest of the old farts. I'm ALMOST ashamed to say I wouldn't mind if one of them retired, if you know what I mean ."

There was speculation that this could be Stevens' last hurrah. And I would gladly (heck eagerly) trade a loss in this case for a Stevens retirement.

I rather doubt it... but we can always hope.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

"The SCOTUS just threw a whole bucket of stain on Bush and it is going to be hard to get that off--anyone touching Bush will get the stain on them. This is a disaster and will lead to infinite "I told you so's."

This deals a crushing blow to the Nov 2008 mid-terms.

[dinoparty]

Another example of why we need one more real jurist on the court, soon.

[Purrcival]

Crap!

[sarasota]

Hand the MSM another shovel with which to continue to bury themselves and their anti-Bush comments.

[mcvey]

Whatever the objective ruling means, the left is going to make it seem something different.

[Petronski]

The Court expressly declared that it was not questioning the government's power to hold Salim Ahmed Hamdan "for the duration of active hostilities..."

I wish people would keep this in mind.

From now on, no trials. Just hold them.

[Numbers Guy]

Dump the prisoners on Castro

Preferably from a plane, flying at 1,000 feet or more, without parachutes. That way they'll know what people who jumped from the World Trade Center were feeling the final few seconds of their lives.

Oh, and put panties on their heads.

[LikeLight]

This deals a crushing blow to the Nov 2008 mid-terms.

You mean a crushing blow to Dem hopes of retaking congress I trust?

[PISANO]

RULES of EVIDENCE apply now for the ENEMY captured on the Battlefield? Insanity reigns!!

Chief Justice Roberts recused himself because he RULED for the PRESIDENT in a lower court a few years ago.

[veronica]

I don't think so. It could help Bush in fact. The more he can draw a line in the sand against terrorism, regardless of rulings like this, the softer the Dems look.

[stopem]

Exactly, the more aggressive the better!

[mrsmith]

Almost an hour and the opinion stil hasn't been posted!

Meanwhile it's being spun like a top.

[lepton]

I suspect that it really isn't over. After all there are two choices that we simply aren't going to do. We can release them or we can drag them up here for endless trials.

Or simply hold them until the war is over, with no tribunals.

[Fury]

I'll say it again: They have ruled that the detainees can't be held because they aren't prisoners of war.../

This would not seem to be the case according to SCOTUSblog:

"The Court expressly declared that it was not questioning the government's power to hold Salim Ahmed Hamdan "for the duration of active hostilities" to prevent harm to innocent civilians."