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The Supreme Court Wins, America Loses
Cross Action News ^ | 6-13-08 | Henry Mark Holzer

Posted on 06/13/2008 7:09:19 AM PDT by Victory111

As the world has just learned, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5-4 yesterday that “for the first time in our Nation’s history, the Court confers a constitutional right to habeas corpus on alien enemies detained abroad by our military forces in the course of an ongoing war.” So summed up Justice Scalia in a stinging dissent in which he was joined by justices Roberts, Thomas, and Alito. Justices Kennedy, Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, made up the majority Breyer.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boumediene; congress; habeascorpus; impeachbreyer; impeachginsburg; impeachkennedy; impeachscotus; impeachsouter; impeachstevens; kennedy; rapeofliberty; scotus; supremes; wot
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To: mpackard

You should save that last line for the day. It — or something like it — may serve well as a rallying cry.


21 posted on 06/13/2008 11:21:49 AM PDT by Avoiding_Sulla (Yesterday's affront is today's status quo. "CONSERVATIVE" is wrong banner for defending liberty.)
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To: Williams; TADSLOS

Give it up, Williams. The McCain Deranged will give us President Obama and be proud of it.


22 posted on 06/13/2008 1:13:31 PM PDT by Jacquerie ('Tis a pity that judicial tyrants do not fear for their personal safety.)
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To: TADSLOS

It’s not semantics, it’s facts. Another fact. You are full of it.


23 posted on 06/13/2008 1:14:42 PM PDT by Williams
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