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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. [history]

Breaking...


Update:

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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To: pbrown

i just said the same thing. it honestly is a blast to try to draw them out and see how long they can hold onto the charade. they are just too dang quick, that old PREMATURE er..... well you know ; )


681 posted on 06/29/2006 9:37:21 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Yep. :-)


682 posted on 06/29/2006 9:37:37 AM PDT by processing please hold (If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
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To: Crawdad

[in a nutshell.]

That really says it all re jamie, lol. If he copied and pasted "in a nutshell" one more time, arrrrhhhhhh.


683 posted on 06/29/2006 9:37:55 AM PDT by khnyny (Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.- Winston Churchill)
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To: pabianice; All

Even if Roberts had ruled, we would have lost.

The big loss here is the Geneva ruling. That is the problem.

The military tribunal issue can be easily fixed by a congressional authorization.


684 posted on 06/29/2006 9:38:16 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: Steve_Seattle; jaimeFox
McCain-Feingold is illegal and against the 1st Amendment: but the democrat/liberal/socialists DEMAND the right to restrain freedom of speech - unless it is our flag they are burning, or Christians they are oppressing.

Right?
685 posted on 06/29/2006 9:38:30 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: khnyny; pbrown

i'm sad now. they took away our toy!


686 posted on 06/29/2006 9:38:43 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
fun while he lasted!

I was trying to count how many times he was going to post his little "simple..." script (at least ten, if memory serves)...so I tried to go to his posts "in forum", and there is where I found the message.

687 posted on 06/29/2006 9:38:47 AM PDT by Christian4Bush (The Rat Party's goal is to END the conflict, not WIN the conflict...should be the other way around.)
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To: xsmommy

Another forgettable idiot.


688 posted on 06/29/2006 9:39:06 AM PDT by La Enchiladita (God Bless Our Troops...including U.S. Border Patrol, America's First Line of Defense)
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To: xsmommy
they are just too dang quick, that old PREMATURE er..... well you know ; )

Yes, I know. *giggle*

689 posted on 06/29/2006 9:39:30 AM PDT by processing please hold (If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
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To: jamiefoxer

You rather clearly have no familiarity with:
1) military law.
2) the Geneva Conventions, or their underlying philosophy.
3) that the conduct of war differs from criminal prosecution (well, there are signs that you have a hint of understanding here, but not a lot).
4) what an unlawful combatant is.
5) that you don't find soldiers "guilty" of conducting war - being a soldier is not a crime in and of itself.
6) What a fair trial is.
7) That the President has warfighting powers that have to do with more than sending troops here and there and having them shoot at things.
8) What the term "Commander-in Chief" means (compare the wording in the Constitution to those of the Articles of Confederation).

You are also missing/mangling the difference between a hearing and a trial.


690 posted on 06/29/2006 9:39:50 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Christian4Bush

It will retread ... count on it.


691 posted on 06/29/2006 9:40:15 AM PDT by La Enchiladita (God Bless Our Troops...including U.S. Border Patrol, America's First Line of Defense)
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To: La Enchiladita

i like poking snakes with a stick and he was fun!


692 posted on 06/29/2006 9:40:31 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

But, we were allowed to toy with it for quiet somtime. Longer than most.


693 posted on 06/29/2006 9:40:48 AM PDT by processing please hold (If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
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To: rwfromkansas
The big loss here is the Geneva ruling. That is the problem.

Is it part of the ruling? or is it just dicta?

694 posted on 06/29/2006 9:40:50 AM PDT by CharacterCounts
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To: xsmommy


Thought I would check back before I leave for the "cement pond"..... whooooooosh..... missed the wreck...lol. That one was totally transparent, but he'll be baaaaaaack.


695 posted on 06/29/2006 9:41:03 AM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: xsmommy

[i'm sad now. they took away our toy!]

Oh well, at least we got a few laughs in the midst of this mess.:)


696 posted on 06/29/2006 9:41:09 AM PDT by khnyny (Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.- Winston Churchill)
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To: La Enchiladita

well i challenge him to hone his craft a bit more so that he lasts more than a half hour next time! ; )


697 posted on 06/29/2006 9:41:12 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: pbrown

oh he tried to be stealthy. i think the mods wanted to just let him play himself out, bc they all do that eventually.


698 posted on 06/29/2006 9:42:06 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: pbrown
He was fun, wasn't he?

In a nutshell... Yes!

Must have been a retread of recently demised "NutShellLogic."

699 posted on 06/29/2006 9:42:14 AM PDT by La Enchiladita (God Bless Our Troops...including U.S. Border Patrol, America's First Line of Defense)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Look out for the libs racing for the cameras.


700 posted on 06/29/2006 9:42:18 AM PDT by Chieftain (Cindy Sheehan is a shameful example of an American mother duped by Kerry's LIES!)
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