AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY
Posted on 09/04/2009 4:55:54 PM PDT by blueyon
BOISE, Idaho - A federal appeals court delivered a stinging rebuke Friday to the Bush administration’s post-Sept. 11 detention policies, ruling that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be held liable for people who were wrongfully detained as material witnesses after 9/11.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the government’s improper use of material witnesses after Sept. 11 was “repugnant to the Constitution and a painful reminder of some of the most ignominious chapters of our national history.”
The court found that a man who was detained as a witness in a federal terrorism case can sue Ashcroft for allegedly violating his constitutional rights. Abdullah al-Kidd, a U.S. citizen and former University of Idaho student, filed the lawsuit against Ashcroft and other officials in 2005, claiming his civil rights were violated when he was detained as a material witness for two weeks in 2003.
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9th Circus strikes again...
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
That 3-judge panel sounds hysterical, although I don’t know for a fact that they are female.
That will teach the Bush administration to do the right thing and protect the sovereignty of our country.
To the leftists THAT in itself a a prosecutable offense!
Why am I thinking that President Bush really isn’t feeling stung...
Unless he landed on a bee while falling down laughing...
SCOTUS has already set precedent here meaning once again the Ninth Circuit stepped on their johnson and they will be overturned.
Words fail.
Actually, that’s what I always say, when I know that if I said what was on my mind........ I would likely go to jail.
I guess anybody can sue for anything if he finds a lawyer who is unscrupulous enough, not a stretch by any means. But if somene like Ashcroft can be hanged for doing his duty, then it will indicate that we lost both WWII and the Cold War after all— and another round is needed to get it right. ‘Twill be time to get the musket down from over the mantlepiece.
I was “Uh-oh” when I read the headline, and then I read that it’s by the 9th Court...
Is this the 9th. CIRCUS again? Hopefully, the Supremes will overturn another of their ridiculous rulings!
I’m guessing that the removal of executive branch sovereignty will last right up until the moment the Democrats are out of office.
In an MSNBC report it used a quote by Judge Milan A. Smith and then claimed that he was speaking “for the majority.” One is left to assume that the three judge panel was split 2-1. However, given the usual clarity of MSNBC reporting, who knows?
This is not only hypocrisy but it is pathetic.
Part of Obama’s plan to ‘fundamentally change’ America....
Aww poor thing he was ‘detained’ for 2 weeks!
Oh, it’s the 9th Circus. Nothing to see here. Moving on.
Cant have that, Gator. So shut yer mouth!! ;)
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