Posted on 06/13/2008 7:04:15 AM PDT by chessplayer
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Friday the Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo detainees would not affect the trials of enemy combatants. A divided court ruled decided suspected terrorists have the right to go to federal court to seek their release from indefinite detention.
He added: "I think it bears emphasis that the court's decision does not concern military commission trials, which will continue to proceed. Instead it addresses the procedures that the Congress and the president put in place to permit enemy combatants to challenge their detention."
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i wonder what kind of ‘defense’ the can present?
are we going to have to pay for their buddies to fly over from afghanistans, swear on the bible that they are not terrorists (i mean LIE) and then pay to ship them back?
What’s next? The court stopping troop movements?
heh heh heh “Swear on the Bible.” Be careful, you could get your head cut off for such an intolerant remark.
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