Oh, and the actual Quirin ruling was to deliver the suspects to a military court... that was the sole impact of the ruling. All else was obiter dicta. The military court at least permitted the possibility of a defense, however remote its likelihood of success.
Now isn't this beautiful... we are claiming Quirin to prevent Padilla from being called up by a civilian court, yet we have no declaration of war so there is no military tribunal to hear it. I don't know what SCOTUS will do with this grand cop-out of judicial responsibility, but we can't let it stand. It will be the thin edge of a wedge of government tyranny. Perpetual war with Eastasia anyone???
Excuse me, I had to laugh at this since you said I was hallucinating, yet you quoted me on something I never said. Oh, now that is comedy! Sorry I didn't answer sooner. But, it was great fun to see nevertheless. You are a stich!