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Supreme Court Blocks Guantanamo Bay War-Crimes Trials (SCOTUS rules against President)
Fox News & AP ^
| June 29, 2006
Posted on 06/29/2006 7:11:53 AM PDT by pabianice
Edited on 06/29/2006 7:41:43 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees, a rebuke to the administration and its aggressive anti-terror policies.
Justice John Paul Stevens wrote the opinion, which said the proposed trials were illegal under U.S. law and Geneva conventions.
The case focused on Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who worked as a body guard and driver for Usama bin Laden. Hamdan, 36, has spent four years in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo...
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: pabianice
Well, Bush has no reason to fear the next "big one"...he's done what he can but every tool to deal with a ruthless enemy is being stripped away.
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:16:06 AM PDT
by
zarf
(It's not a question.....)
To: pabianice
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:16:09 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: pabianice
To: pabianice
May have violated Geneva Convention This seems the most outrageous..... We cannot win this war if we must rely on the Courts to fight it with us. I can't wait to hear Dr Levin tonight on this abomination.
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:16:14 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: Ron in Acreage
And the terrorists. And the lawyers. Oh! Wait!
Same thing.....you got it right.
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:16:21 AM PDT
by
Jrabbit
(Scuse me??)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
It seems to me that the idiots have just ruled on having our military never take enemy combatants prisoner again. There will be no such animal in the future. Amen.
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:16:24 AM PDT
by
gakrak
("A wise man's heart is his right hand, But a fool's heart is at his left" Eccl 10:2)
To: CholeraJoe
Let's wait for the details.
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:16:26 AM PDT
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
To: Jrabbit
All the detainees are going to be shipped back to a Country that will deal with them harshly?
And if that happens do you the detainees will want to declare asylum?
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:16:44 AM PDT
by
thingumbob
(Democracy is the best defense against terrorist/communist thugs!)
To: Constitution Day
From now on we should kill them all where they stand.
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:16:47 AM PDT
by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
To: pabianice
First the eminent domain ruling, now this. Unbelievable. WTF are they thinking?
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:16:50 AM PDT
by
khnyny
(Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.- Winston Churchill)
To: pabianice
Impeach the Supreme Court.
To: Dog
Yes ...but they are not covered by the Geneva convention. Of course they are.
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:17:06 AM PDT
by
IMRight
To: IMRight
How do they figure the detainees are covered under the Geneva convention?
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:17:08 AM PDT
by
Former Proud Canadian
(How do I change my screen name after Harper's election?)
To: Ron in Acreage
Screw the DEMS...the American people got screwed here....what the hell do we do with people caught on the battlefield?
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:17:15 AM PDT
by
Dog
(The founders gave freedom of the press to the people, they didn't give freedom to the press.)
To: pabianice
2. May have violated Geneva Convention May have? Many of the people caught were not wearing a uniform.
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:17:16 AM PDT
by
pepperhead
(Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
To: pabianice
Important to wait for details . . . MSM reported Texas redistricting decision the other day as win for Dems at first . . . turned out to be the opposite . . .
To: pabianice
Okay. No more prisoners.
Leave them dead on the battlefield.
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:17:38 AM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
To: bnelson44
Court: "These are not prisoners of war and thus immune from military prosecution" ... WTF??
To: goodnesswins
Yes.....and that's probably why it went the way it did....so sad.... It would have still been 5-4.
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:17:41 AM PDT
by
IMRight
To: pabianice
Oh man this is going to make all the Bush hating leftists and the Bush hating media drool with glee! DAMN!!!
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posted on
06/29/2006 7:17:51 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicans Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For the Same Reason!)
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