Posted on 06/29/2006 7:11:53 AM PDT by pabianice
Edited on 06/29/2006 7:41:43 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Breaking...
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...
Excerpt. Read more at: Fox News
if FDR did what Bush did, he was wrong too.
no partisan favoritism here.
Uh, the USSC overstepped their authority to rule on the GC or UCMJ.
Yep ... it sure will be interesting to see how the Dems handle this one
you mean I make sense...right?
I don't ahve to agree with Duers to know that sometimes...just sometimes, they make sense.
Agreed.
You are WAYover your head.
Welome to FR. we have many actual lawyers posting here, as well as people like Mark Levin, well versed in Sup Ct and constitutional law.
But the court ruled in favor of FDR.
i thought it wise to inform Jamie that we are not really a bunch of uneducated rubes who need to be set straight by an undergrad prelaw major.
So, what's your point? That we're Nazis now?
HOw is the Supreme Court hijacked? Most of the justices are Republican appointed...they're our boys!
Guys...sometimes it's ok for conservatives to disagree on an issue. I believe SCOTUS got it right and that we should
follow these procedures in a nutshell.
If Al-Qaeda, try, prove, find guilty or innocent, and either IMPRISON (if guilty) or release (if innocent).
If legitimate POW, hold in appropriate facility humanely with oversight from Congress and SCOTUS, and release after end of our wars.
Simple LEGAL procedures we can follow that maintain our national security AND maintain our rule of law/values.
Only scum such as you, the left and liberals care a rats-ass about terrorist rights.
Link BUMP at 448
If he wasn't, too bad for the values of our enemy...that doesn't mean WE have to stoop to their level.
Procedures to follow, in a nutshell.
If Al-Qaeda, try, prove, find guilty or innocent, and either IMPRISON (if guilty) or release (if innocent).
If legitimate POW, hold in appropriate facility humanely with oversight from Congress and SCOTUS, and release after end of our wars.
Simple LEGAL procedures we can follow that maintain our national security AND maintain our rule of law/values.
thank god you're not one of our country's Founders.
Either we stand for the Constitution, or Hammurabbi's code of an Eye for an Eye.
Where do you stand today?
Most trolls wait a day or so before revealing themselves.
Busted
See post 538.
So, follow PROCEDURE #1 then to prosecute them for their war crimes...no Bush military commision or extra authority needed.
Procedures to follow, in a nutshell.
If Al-Qaeda, try, prove, find guilty or innocent, and either IMPRISON (if guilty) or release (if innocent).
If legitimate POW, hold in appropriate facility humanely with oversight from Congress and SCOTUS, and release after end of our wars.
Simple LEGAL procedures we can follow that maintain our national security AND maintain our rule of law/values.
This is going to be one interesting debate, and one that is filled with much danger for the Dem's.
Our nation's survival = jettisoning our values and laws?
interesting argument there...
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