Says you. I personally agree with the Supreme Court, and with this officer.
And he gets the Supreme Weenies, who also don't respect the Constitution, to agree with him, which wasn't hard."
I have far more respect for the law - and the Supreme Court - than you do. Even those judges with whom I disagree deserve to be given the respect of their office.
There's no benefit to anyone in this case, materially or in principle, to anyone except this lousy lawyer, for whom it is publicity.
Au contraire. The Geneva Convention requires that enemy combatants be given some due process. Once again, that's what makes us better than them.
What's to admire about this traitor feathering his nest?
Once again, just because you disagree with him does not make him a "traitor." He did his job as a lawyer, and did it well.
If Al Qaeda were a party to the Geneva Conventions, I would agree with you completely. But they're not.
And worse than that, these prisoners were acting as illegal combatants—spies and assassins hiding among civilians, fighting out of uniform, not carrying arms openly, and so on. According to the Geneva Conventions, such men have no rights to due process, and can be summarily shot.
This is not a violation of the Geneva Conventions, but the just enforcement of them. This is a war, and if Supreme Court justices ignore the Constitution and the actual text of treaties our Senate has approved, they dishonor their office, and are not worthy of respect. In fact, some of them are worthy of prosecution.
Live by the letter of the law, die by the letter of the law...surely you know that acccording to a literal reading, illegal combatants (as opposed to soldiers) have no status. You also undoubtedly understand why...
I agree with Scalia, Thomas, and Alito. (Roberts recused himself, but I believe he, too, would have stood with civilized America.) On the other hand, you agree with the liberal scumbags.
Interesting.
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I have far more respect for the law - and the Supreme Court - than you do. Even those judges with whom I disagree deserve to be given the respect of their office.
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You also support Hillary, Carter, and McCain. I think you would do better to move on to moveon.com, I think you would have more in common with them.
"Au contraire. The Geneva Convention requires that enemy combatants be given some due process. Once again, that's what makes us better than them. "
Where does it say that?