Gitmo Inmate's Lawyer 'Very Pleased' With Court's Ruling

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[Blue Turtle]

SYDNEY, Australia — A lawyer for an Australian terror suspect detained at Guantanamo Bay expressed satisfaction Friday over a U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down proposed military war crimes tribunals at the U.S. prison camp.

"I'm obviously very pleased that the Supreme Court has finally set the record straight on these military commissions, that they don't provide the basic fundamental protections that are required at any criminal trial," said Maj. Michael Mori, the Pentagon-appointed lawyer for David Hicks, Australia's sole inmate at the U.S. military camp in Cuba.

[Blue Turtle]

These are NOT criminals, they are enemy combatants aka terrorists!

[GinaLolaB]

I think the lawyers on the Supreme Court did this in order to give more business to their fellow lawyers.

I really believe that 99% of the laws are written by lawyers for fellow lawyers to be able to make money.

[lilylangtree]

These Gitmo inhabitants are terrorists. They don't have ANY fundamental rights. Down with SCOTUS! Rulings like this prove once again that we definitely don't need SCOTUS!

[John Valentine]

These Gitmo inhabitants are terrorists. They don't have ANY fundamental rights.

That's essentially what the SC has said. They have no rights and we don't need to put them on trial. We can keep them locked up for as long as necessary.

BUT, what the SC has said is, that IF we do put them on trial, certain standards must be met.

Answer: forget the trials. These guys can rot there forever, and they won't need lawyers.

[BikerGold]

Mainstream press: "Bush lost...Bush lost...nananananah!"

[Blue Turtle]

Thank you for that perspective...it certainly makes more sense than what the mainstream media is saying.

[oceanview]

until the next SCOTUS ruling that says that the geneva convention does not allow a "conflict" to have an open ended completion date.

the bottom line - so long as there are 5 votes in sympathy for these terrorists on that court, future rulings in their favor are possible.

we need one more retirement from this "gang of 5" - fast.

[SaxxonWoods]

Silver Linings:

Justice Stevens noted in his opinion that the combatants may be held at will. So, don't try them, just hold them forever. What goes to Gitmo, stays in Gitmo.
This decision is instructive for the general populace as once again it is evident that what makes Al-Qaeda happy makes the left happy.

This event is also instructive for those who want to put Democrats in power to "teach wimpy Republicans a lesson." We still need one more conservative judge on the SCOTUS. That won't happen if Dems are in the majority. In fact, the entire GWOT is lost if Dems gain a majority in Congress. We can't do that to our troops and our country. The only lesson from such a flawed idea will be that political power in the wrong hands can destroy us.

[Sunshine Sister]

That is an interesting perspective. I wonder if the lawyer for the Aussie on another thread thought about it before he said he was pleased with the ruling. He may have to eat a little crow.

[John Valentine]

You'll get no disagreement from me on that point!

[garbageseeker]

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