Posted on 07/03/2006 5:55:39 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
Senators of both parties yesterday said Congress would provide President Bush with legislation to deal with the terror suspects detained at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, following a Supreme Court decision that limited the White House's authority in dealing with the detainees.
Some Republicans said they hoped to have legislation in place by September, with influential liberal Democrats saying they expected to give Mr. Bush the necessary tools for handling the issue and not obstruct the bills.
"I would hope Congress would have hearings about what to do in light of this decision," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday." "And that we will sit down together ... in August, write legislation and hopefully vote by September."
"There's nothing more important than the war on terror," Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, told NBC's "Meet the Press." "I think we will have to act on this very soon, either in July or in September. Certainly, in the next couple of months."
Sen. Jack Reed, Rhode Island Democrat, promised that his party would work with Republicans and the White House on a compromise.
"I believe we will cooperate, and I think cooperation will be required by all parties, including the president," Mr. Reed told Fox. "I think that's something that will come together in a bipartisan basis, I hope, in a deliberate and quick fashion."
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This promise isnt worth squat. I will beleive in those flying pigs when I see a bill passed without the Dems adding their 2 cents worth to it.
Those stupid goobers in congress had better get something done. But it would even better if they'd revisit the DTA bill and slap those 5 idjits on SCOTUS a good one concerning their "jurisdiction".
The President should just rephrase the quote attributed (probably wrongly) to President Andrew Jackson: "Justice Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!"
All Bush has to do is make the case to the Supreme Court for courts martial. He doesn't even need tribunals.
Durn tootin.
The Courts have ruled we can keep the prisoners there indefinitely.
Agree! With the likes of Harkin / Kerry (The Ortega Twins) it's hard to say just what these Open Border Bufoons in the Senate will come up with!!
I say take your time and let them rot where they are or release them and let them swim home.
Seriously tho, I would prefer the buffoons in congress take their time. In the meantime we can remind everyone of the glee of the left when the USSC found in favor of the terrorist, Hamdan.
or at least until their next ruling, granting them some other relief.
As long as the taxpayers don't get stuck with the cost of defending the murderous sons-of-Allah, give them all the due process they want and then shoot them and feed them to the sharks.
Personally, I will urge my senator to impeach the five idiot dictators on the Supreme Court who have just usurped the authority of the Executive and Congress. Just who the H_LL to these jerks think they are!? "Slap" indeed! No, an impeachment is just the thing - the ONLY thing - to put them in their place.
It's a must-sign bill for the President; just imagine the pork that's gonna be loaded onto it!
I'm not holding out any hopes for such judicial impeachments, but at a minimum the Congress needs to EXPLICITLY repudiate the ludicrous ideas that (1) Al Qaeda is in any way party to the Geneva Conventions; (2) that Article III of the GCs has any relevance to Guantanamo; (3) that the Guantanamo scumbags have any rights at all under the US Constitution; (4) that the SCOTUS had any business at all ruling in this case after the DTA of 2005.
THEN we can get on to specifying what we regard as acceptable procedures for military tribunals for these dirtballs, who are certainly NOT entitled to either access to our civilian courts or standard courts-martial rules of evidence. We will handle this as appropriate for these types of detainees, period. The US Constitution and the Geneva Conventions are IRRELEVANT to the proper treatment of terrorist detainees captured in a war zone, period.
You are probably right on that...let's hope not though.
If the bill starts heading that direction the other parties need to get the info out to us so we apply a godd ole fashioned "FReeping" on their a##.
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