Comments on: Three Strikes & You’re Out, Mr. Bush

By: Definitely Not “Moderate” in Tone » The American Mind

Definitely Not “Moderate” in Tone » The American Mind — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:24:56 +0000

[...] “Three Strikes & You’re Out, Mr. Bush” [...]

By: Slamfu

Slamfu — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:21:56 +0000

I agree. It sounds to me as if judge Scailia is worried about the negative consequences of putting suspects thru actual trials instead of just doing whatever we want. Since when did proving a person's guilt become something our own legal scholars wish to avoid?

Someone should run an experiment. Take an obviously innocent hypothetical american citizen and run them thru the Gitmo routine. Assuming at all points the person is detained and tried by biased and unfair individuals, is there a legal means that an innocent person could get out? Can all legal means of proving the innaccuracies of the accusations be removed from the equation? I see it going something like this:

GOVT: You are under arrest for being an "illegal enemy combant".

Innocent American: That rediculous, I'm a natural born American citizen!

GOVT: That's an interesting point sir, feel free to bring that up at your hearing.

IA: When is my hearing?

GOVT: We'll let you know.

Once denied due process is there any way to extricate yourself if you run afoul of the system?

By: runasim

runasim — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:46:08 +0000

I found the dissenting arguments interesting. Scalia and Roberts boyh expressed concern for the effects of the ruling. In this case, the ruling effects how the WOT is conducted.
That seems tike a reversal of how the conservatives express their opinions when domestic situations are involved. Then effects on society or indiciduals iis largely ignored.

“It's a stark example of how subjectively the law and the Constitttion are interpreted by judges, even those judges claiming to be most impervious to straying from what is set down in written words.

By: Buck Naked Politics

Buck Naked Politics — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:20:50 +0000

The Supremes Give Guantanamo Detainees Habeas Rights

Lynn Denniston at SCOTUSblog calls it ‘a stunning blow to the Bush Administration in its war-on-terrorism policies.’ The New York Times reports on the disposition of Boumediene v. Bush:The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects …