Posted on 06/29/2006 4:08:54 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
US President George W Bush said that a US Supreme Court ruling on the fate of Guantanamo Bay detainees would not set any suspected terrorists free and that he still hoped to try them in military courts.
"We will analyse the decision. To the extent that the Congress is given any latitude to develop a way forward using military tribunals, we will work with them," said Mr Bush.
"I want to find a way forward."
His remarks came during a joint appearance with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi following a US Supreme Court ruling that Bush overstepped his powers in setting up military tribunals for detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
The high court, in a 5-3 vote, said the administration violated the Geneva Conventions and the US military code of justice in ordering a military tribunal to prosecute Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni and former driver for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Republican US Senator John Warner, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said immediately after the decision that the US Congress would try to build a legal framework to try the most dangerous Guantanamo suspects.
"He wants to devise law in conformity with the case that would enable us to use a military tribunal to hold these people to account. And if that's the case, we'll work with him," Mr Bush said.
"The American people need to know that this ruling, as I understand it, won't cause killers to be put out on the street," said the president, who cautioned that he had only received a speedy briefing on the decision.
"I have not had a chance to review the findings of the supreme court. I want to assure you we take them seriously," said Mr Bush.
"We will conform to the Supreme Court, we will analyse the decision."
But "I'm not going to jeopardise the safety of the American people. People got to understand that. I understand we're in a war on terror, that these people were picked up off of a battlefield, and I will protect the people and at the same time conform with the findings of the Supreme Court," said Mr Bush.
"I have told the people that I would like for there to be a way to return people from Guantanamo to their home countries. But some people need to be tried in our courts, and the Hamdan decision was the way forward," he said.
Why have the Democrats suddenly lost their voice....they see this for what it is...a politcal trap.
Bush lost...but won in the long run.
Which ones? The terrorists or the 4 America hating Leftists and the guy who's dressin' up in Sandra Day O'Conners bloomers?
I hope Bush's legal team takes their time in formulating a further course of action, and that the Congress also stretches this thing out. Let those thugs sweat it out in their Club Gitmo.
Who voted which way?
Who voted which way?
Joining Stevens in the majority were justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Anthony M. Kennedy and David H. Souter. Dissenting were justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Just shoot them.
God bless this guy. He has the hardest job in the world, fighting both worldwide networks - Islamicists and the left - that want to dance on America's ashes. The Republicans in Congress who should be backing him up gladly sell him out whenever they smell a political advantage.
Thanks for keeping up the fight, Mr. President. I really don't know what keeps you going.
Where was Roberts?
Good point, it's been a deafening silence from the Demagogues today...... they want to cheer loudly and bash Bush, but they (maybe) are struggling with what could be a huge trap with the electorate - let's hope a majority of the public can see that the SCOTUS has overstepped its authority (just what they accused Pres. Bush of doing) and that those fools such as the ACLU types who want to treat terrorist captives as protected by the Geneva Conventions and civilian legal norms are moonbats.
recused himself since he ruled in favor of the Administration in the Lower Court
Personally, I am not in favor of trials. First, we don't need to try them in order to keep them in jail. The Geneva Convention allows us to keep them in jail until the hostilities cease, and that won't happen in their lifetime. Second, the liberal judges will just exonerate them anyway. All it does is give the judiciary an opportunity to screw up, which they can't resist doing.
Don't yer just hate ethical judges???
Oh for heaven's sake. Tie them up, put them on a cargo plane to their home country and at 30000 feet tilt the plane with the cargo door open.
If they accidentaly slide out simply declare it as lost cargo.
If I read it correctly, the SCOTUS said we can keep them locked up for the duration of the war.
Since JWB has said this war may last for generations they won't be getting out soon.
I'm sorry, these terrorists should have been shot dead on the battlefield. To detain and pamper them and afford them Constitutional rights where they clearly don't have any just reeks.
Which ones? The terrorists or the 4 America hating Leftists and the guy who's dressin' up in Sandra Day O'Conners bloomers? "
Good point, it gets harder to identify the enemy with each passing day
those robes should be traded for straight jackets
I'm surprised they didn't rule that a terrorist has a right to choose what he wants do do with his body, somehow based on the constitution
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