[Ready4Freddy]

Only if SCOTUS decides to adhere to the Article III, § 2 limitation. They failed to do so in Hamdan...

..it also strips the courts of jurisdiction to hear challenges to his interpretation.

[MNJohnnie]

Note to NY Slimes and other hysteric Democrat Activists.

These are not US Citizens. YOU people are trying to expand the rights of Citizenship to these thugs. Congress simply took a wholly appropriate action to fix a gross mistake made by 5 hysteric Leftist SC Justices. This does not SHIFT anything. IT preserver proper Constitutionality to our system which was grossly abused by the SC Hamndi decision.

[Graymatter]

And it broadens the definition of “unlawful enemy combatant” to include not only those who fight the United States but also those who have “purposefully and materially supported hostilities against the United States.”

Can they be sweating?

[hnj_00]

so what...this is what SCOTUS intended to have done...have congress pass a law...even with the lib/dems on the court this bill will hold under court scrutiny!

the lib/dems would prefer that the US just give these terrorists the same rights that they give criminal perps...screw the victims and screw american citizens and US troops... according to lib/dems we have to insure that the people that want to kill us/maim us with suicide bombs/blow up our buildings/cut off heads have every right under the constitution!

it really stops to make one wonder what side lib/dems are on?

[LibLieSlayer]

It reaffirms Presidential Power... not shifting it to him! Sheesh!

LLS

[The_Victor]

Question for the NYTimes:
How many German, Japanese, or Italian prisoners received American court trails during WWII?

[Soul Seeker]

Didn't the NYT try to spin this as McCain's victory? Changed their mind? LOL

This was one of the pieces of legislation I'm happy about this week.

[Dave S]

The NYT and the Dems would prefer that these terrorists be sent to undisclosed prisons in Eastern Europe or the Middle East to be tortured or that they be summarily executed on the battlefield?

[Bigh4u2]

"Rather than reining in the formidable presidential powers Mr. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have asserted since Sept. 11, 2001,"

It just pains the Slimes that this bill was passed!

[Phlap]

"I vigorously dissent." - Justice Scalia on Hamden. The G.Cs apply to soldiers. Now, one mans Terrorist may be another mans Freedom Fighter but call him what you will a soldier he is not.

[Rockiette]

"...human rights groups say.." How about America's right to remain secure? These leftist pukes really think that terrorism is not dangerous - fine, just move to Iran and tell the Islamists you are peaceloving, see how long you last.

[El Gato]

Rather than reining in the formidable presidential powers Mr. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have asserted since Sept. 11, 2001, the law gives some of those powers a solid statutory foundation. In effect it allows the president to identify enemies, imprison them indefinitely and interrogate them — albeit with a ban on the harshest treatment — beyond the reach of the full court reviews traditionally afforded criminal defendants and ordinary prisoners.

Art. II Section. 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States;

As far as identifying enemies, Congress did that, as is their power, twice.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. (a) IN GENERAL- That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons.

107th CONGRESS 2d Session
H. J. RES. 114
October 10, 2002
JOINT RESOLUTION
To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq.
...
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. (a) AUTHORIZATION- The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to-- (1) defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq;