US to carry on military trials at Guantanamo despite ruling

afb via yahoo ^ | 6/24/08 | Fanny Carrier

[mathprof]

Hearings for terror suspects before US military tribunals in Guantanamo are going ahead despite a Supreme Court ruling that affirmed detainees have a right to challenge their detention in a civilian court.

Legal experts had described the high court's decision as the death knell of the special tribunals created by President George W. Bush and his Republican allies in Congress to try "war on terror" suspects.

But Justice Department chief Michael Mukasey said the controversial tribunals at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would continue their work and last week, two preliminary hearings were held as scheduled.

The hearings focused on Omar Khadr, a Canadian, and Mohammed Jawad, an Afghan, both detained in Afghanistan for having allegedly thrown grenades when they were still teenagers.

Jawad, whose trial date was set for October 8, reportedly used his hearing to denounce his treatment, alleging during a two-week period US guards changed his cell every two hours to prevent him from sleeping, a technique dubbed the "frequent flyer-program."

Meanwhile a three-judge panel in federal court on Friday declined to intervene in the Khadr case in an appeal that focused on a procedural dispute.

[SolidWood]

Mukasey rocks!

[Signalman]

Good.

[papertyger]

Let’s see SCOTUS enforce their ruling.

[theDentist]

Looking forward to when they go from ‘hearings’ to ‘hangings’.

[HoosierHawk]

Legal experts had described the high court's decision as the death knell of the special tribunals created by President George W. Bush and his Republican allies in Congress to try "war on terror" suspects.

You'd think President Bush and the Republicans were the frickkin' enemy.

[norwaypinesavage]

"detained in Afghanistan for having allegedly thrown grenades when they were still teenagers."

This must mean its OK to throw grenades as adults?

[muawiyah]

Uhh, when the Congress passes a bill and the President signs it that creates the "law of the land". All the USSC was talking about was a court procedure.

Habeus Corpus is no excuse to stop due process of law.

[relictele]

[Liberty Valance]

Titt meet Tatt.

[Liberty 275]

Take all the gitmo prisoners to new york in one group and let some leftwing federal judge release them onto the streets of new york city. Methinks the left would forget about habeus corpus real fast.

[kidd]

This article implies that the law is being broken. I don't believe that there was anything in the SCOTUS ruling that stopped military hearings.

[B-Cause]

Our military will adapt - and will just kill terrorists instead of capturing them (or turn them over to the locals for some local justice)...!

[thulldud]

Why NYC? They don't have the means to deal with them there.

There are plenty other places that do, and are much closer.

[HighlyOpinionated]

We (the USofA) are too afraid to do the right thing, so we hide behind the Courts.

The Right Thing is to hang or shoot (by firing squad) individuals guilty of heinous crimes, including war crimes, rape, murder, child molestation, selling drugs, etc.

The Right Thing is to guard our borders and shoot to kill anyone breaking and entering to steal our resources.

McCain doesn’t agree with me, nor does Lindsey Graham, but it would only take a few public hangings for certain activities suddenly to become unpopular.

Barring that, no one listened to me when I suggested a few well placed H-bombs in the Middle East, specifically Iraq, either.

I’m not angry, I am just sick and tired of idiots allowing other idiots to ruin our society and to harm innocent people and morally weak people.

[DoughtyOne]

I’m sure there are five SCOTUS justices with skid marks on their shorts right about now.

This eventuality was one reason why the court should have thought long and hard about it’s decision.

Are we going to have a situation where federal marshals take on the U.S. Military at a military base on foreign soil?

Popping popcorn as I type...

[Dinah Lord]

bttt

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks Dinah.

[Mariner]

"Well, John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it."

Andrew Jackson

[Freedom_Fighter_2001]

Thanks, I was looking for my other tube sock!