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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[Bahbah]

Which will be interesting to see the Dems defend and fight for the rights of terrorists

Good point.

[epluribus_2]

Remember them misreading the SCOTUS ruling the sent the Gore recount back to the FSC? They thought their guy won, at first, on the steps out front.

[napscoordinator]

What an outrage. Big win for democrats.



Just the otherday I thought they were on a good "streak"...well that didn't last long.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

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

Over reaction alert!

Mark you calendar to come and recheck this thread and we shall see. Hopefully we have Bin Laden in a cave somewhere to reveal on Oct '06.

[Pukin Dog]

Yep. Congress will do just that.

[Jameison]

"Well there you have it folks, Justice Stevens has determined that Al Qaeda is a signatoree of the Geneva Conventions."

Good news is, he may not be staying on for that much longer on the SCOTUS.
Same with Ginzburg.
Both are ailing badly.

[jwalsh07]

He is absolutely right. Of course I have a bias toward Army guys. :-}

[mystery-ak]

Let us now sit back and watch the Dems turn this into another Wellstone moment.




Perfect.....only the lunatic rat base will like this ruling..the average American is going to be appalled...

[RebekahT]

Why is everyone on here freaking out? Please don't tell me that you all are surprised??? On our best day, we have 4 solid votes on the Court. This should come as no shock.

But this decision should motivate us to make sure & elect a conservative in 2008. One more nominee will make all the difference in the world (literally). John Paul cannot hang on until 2012 and Ruth Bader probably can't either. 2008 is crucial.

Besides, this decision should be the GOP's rallying cry in 06 & 08. This decision (if the Repubs play their cards right) will probably help us more than hurt us in the long run.

[Perdogg]

Did the court actually rule that the Geneva Convention applied to terrorist?

[Mo1]

Well there you have it folks, Justice Stevens has determined that Al Qaeda is a signatoree of the Geneva Conventions.

So Congress would have a reason to officially declare war on Al-q now ???

[Diogenesis]

The Supreme Court's idea of Americans who were "in all circumstances ... treated humanely"

[brytlea]

I'll say it again: They have ruled that the detainees can't be held because they aren't prisoners of war, but they're suggesting Bush can be prosecuted for violating the GC, which only applies to prisoners of war.

This is exactly what I get out of it. Seems incredibly stupid to make both arguments.

susie

[Petronski]

Or Congress steps in and passes a law concerning this...

True.

Even if the law doesn't pass, I think the debate should be dispositive for the November elections.

[mcvey]

A very good point. I didn't see that at first glance. That extends the Geneva Convention in ways that will have unintended consequences.

McVey

[CatoRenasci]

Ried v. Covert was after the Bricker amendment failed.

There is no question that this was Stevens' FU to the Bush administration, Souter's FU to the people who don't like Kelo, and Ruthie's FU to America on general principles.

[Jrabbit]

What law can they pass to fix this?

[AmericanChef]

Well, hell, let's just set 'em free. There's a big ocean nearby - anybody who can swim to the Middle East can consider himself a free man.

[LS]

Re-reading this: apparently we can't "try" them, but I don't see anything in there saying we can't "hold" them until Keith Olbermann gets an audience or Helen Thomas dies.

[EmilyGeiger]

What's the uniform of the jihadists -- a suicide vest?




Along with a woman or child as their sheild.