Posted on 06/13/2008 6:21:04 AM PDT by shortstop
Did you read the article? Are you being willfully stupid? A criminal trial is a lot different from a military tribunal, one big difference being full disclosure to the defense. Some sources cannot be revealed for security reasons. Additionally, in a full-blown criminal trial all the technicalities apply. Zacharias Massaoui didn't get the death penalty for instance.
Either that, or turn them over to the local authorities in Iraq and/or Afghanistan for prosecution (and probably execution). My guess is enemy combatants would much prefer Gitmo and military tribunals to the other options......
Roberts is a shameful disappointment. He should reign now in disgrace.
And how exaclty is Roberts responsible for this disaster? He can’t force Ginsberg to vote with him you know.
What portion of his dissenting opinion is shameful, moronsky? (And you best be able to cite it before opening your piehole again.)
Open up the front gate and let them free in “kyuber”. If Raul complains, well...TS
You are assuming that terrorist play by gentleman’s rules. Their version of a trial is to crank up a video camera and make a video of beheading their captives.
Roberts is a shameful disappointment. He should reign now in disgrace
The idiots who voted for the terrorist and their lawyers like Ramsey Clark, were Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg and two more I can’t remember. Roberts, Alito, Scalia and Thomas voted against terroist.
Breyer and Stevens.
If the decision does kill people, no problem. You see, judges cannot be held liable for judicial acts. Who says so? The Supreme Court.
Good point!
Glad I read through, and saw someone else catch this...
There is just no need to classify these terrorists as anything but a continued danger to our society...We keep these types of psychopaths locked up in our prisons for a reason...These knuckleheads are no different...
Remember McCain supports this as well.
Why let them go? There’s no reason to. In any case, according to the laws and usages of war these pukes aren’t exactly criminals ~ they’re more in the class of ununiformed saboteurs.
Roberts was part of the five in the majority? I’m truly surprised.
Anyone have a breakdown of who concurred and who dissented?
BTW, foreign terrorists do not have a right to our liberties. The USSC is wrong. I suspect most of them have taken money from AlQaida and the Saddam Hussein interests.
Roberts was NOT part of the majority. It was the typical 4 libs plus the flip flopper Kennedy.
That’s what I suspected. The comment about Roberts really surprised me.
bump
“Should N. Korean and VC be able to sue us for taking them prisoner in those undeclared wars?”
Our founding fathers warned us against such actions as undeclared wars. If we intend to wage war then call it, wage it, and win it. This idea whereby we have lost the concept of war and instead think of ourselves as police using the military is just nuts on all kinds of levels for all kinds of reasons. It’s like partial circumcision: Either go all the way or forget it.
I am all for getting to the root of who did 9/11 but not at the expense of using our military as a police force and the US holding people indefinitely without any known disposition. What are we going to do, hold them forever? When is this “war on terror” over such that we can repatriate the prisoners?
Imagine another country holding you prisoner without trial or a status as a POW without a war having been declared on the US.
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