US District Court Judge Robertson was appointed by Clinton to the DC District.
Posted on 12/13/2006 1:50:24 PM PST by Zakeet
WASHINGTON - A federal judge upheld the Bush administration's new terrorism law Wednesday, agreeing that Guantanamo Bay detainees do not have the right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S. courts.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge James Robertson rejects a legal challenge by Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden whose case prompted the Supreme Court to strike down the Bush administration's policy on detainees last year.
Following that ruling, Bush pushed for and got a new law that established military commissions to try enemy combatants and stripped them of the right to seek their freedom in U.S. courts.
Robertson said Congress clearly intended to keep cases such as Hamdan's out of federal courts and, because of that, he no longer has jurisdiction to hear it.
The ruling is a legal victory for the Bush administration, which has been fending off criticism of the new law from Democrats and civil libertarians.
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US District Court Judge Robertson was appointed by Clinton to the DC District.
what's this - Hamdans appeal against the NEW law?
This judge is a radical leftist. We dodged a bullet.
hey Mark!
what is the context here, I thought the Hamdan case was decided? this is his challenge to the new law, but how is the new law affecting him - wasn't his case decided before it went into effect?
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