Posted on 07/29/2008 1:51:51 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6615
To provide for the transport of the enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Washington, DC, where the United States Supreme Court will be able to more effectively micromanage the detainees by holding them on the Supreme Court grounds, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 24, 2008
Mr. GOHMERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To provide for the transport of the enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Washington, DC, where the United States Supreme Court will be able to more effectively micromanage the detainees by holding them on the Supreme Court grounds, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘Giving Inmate Terrorists More Opportunities (GITMO) Act of 2008’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States Supreme Court issued an opinion styled Boumediene v. Bush on June 12, 2008.
(2) Justice Anthony Kennedy, in the court’s majority opinion, held that foreign terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba have constitutional rights to challenge their detention in United States courts.
(3) This is an obvious effort on the part of the Supreme Court to micromanage the detainment and disposition of detainees in the War on Terror who are dedicated to destroying innocent people and the American way of life.
(4) The United States Supreme Court clearly needs increased opportunity to oversee the handling of the enemy combatants, as it has seen fit to take a greater role in managing the Global War on Terror, which is a duty previously exercised by the Executive Branch.
(5) There can be no better way for the United States Supreme Court to exercise its new self-appointed war powers than to house the prisoners whom it has taken a greater role in overseeing.
SEC. 3. TRANSPORTATION AND DETAINMENT OF ENEMY COMBATANTS.
(a) Transportation- The Secretary of Defense shall immediately transport all enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Washington, DC, where the United States Supreme Court shall hold the prisoners on the Court grounds, confined by adequate fencing.
(b) Shelter on Supreme Court Building Grounds- The Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with Justice Anthony Kennedy, the author of the majority opinion in Boumediene v. Bush, is directed to provide shelter for the detainees outside the United States Supreme Court building, but on the building grounds. The Secretary of Defense shall provide guards to watch over the prisoners and shall implement a system to ensure that the prisoners receive the appropriate amount of food and water. Should the detainees need the use of restroom facilities, they shall use the facilities inside the United States Supreme Court building. The Chief Justice, if the Chief Justice so chooses, may perform the duties of Justice Anthony Kennedy under this subsection.
(c) Guard Duty- If any of the nine Supreme Court justices desire at any time to stand guard over the prisoners, or to provide the prisoners with their meals or water, or both, then the justices shall be permitted to perform these functions whenever they want.
SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT.
If either the Secretary of Defense or any justice of the Supreme Court refuses to carry out their duties under this Act, then their respective department or court shall receive funding for the next fiscal year at half the level of funding appropriated for the current fiscal year, or until such time as the Supreme Court no longer desires to micromanage the prisoners who have sworn to destroy our way of life.
(3) [The recent ruling regarding Gitmo detainees] is an obvious effort on the part of the Supreme Court to micromanage the detainment and disposition of detainees in the War on Terror who are dedicated to destroying innocent people and the American way of life.
(4) The United States Supreme Court clearly needs increased opportunity to oversee the handling of the enemy combatants, as it has seen fit to take a greater role in managing the Global War on Terror, which is a duty previously exercised by the Executive Branch.
Ruh-roh -— looks like a “contempt of Supreme court” citation could be in order for this guy...
This is my Rep. haha! This is great.
Show prep! LOLOL
Love it...
Contempt? He is a legislator introducing a bill into Congress. There is no contempt there...just a man trying to pass a law.
It Is About Time!!!!!!! Balls in the halls.
OMG! This is awesome! Is it really true? If it is it is awesome!
Mine, too! Hip, hip, hooray for Texas!
Don’t get me wrong — I LOVE THIS!!!
It’s just that it’s not a good idea to mock a body that can make up its own laws and then rule on their constitutionality. I’ll be they’d find a way to whack his peepee if this were to miraculously pass...
VP Cheney came and held a fundraiser for/with him when he first ran - I believe it was to oust max sandlin.
Congratulations. Wish I had one like this!!!
This is good!
Please God, let this be real, and then let it PASS!!!!!!!!!!! Whoo Hoo!
Rush Limbaugh would be proud.
This is freaking hilarious! :-)
Love it love it.......
A man with some courage.
Love it.
I LOVE IT!!!
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Great bill. Time to call my Congress critter and request that she support it.
You lucky dude! He is almost worth moving to Texas for.
The Constitution does not allow Congress to cut the pay of judges. On the other hand, I think the traffic courts on the Bridge to Nowhere could probably benefit from some highly-paid judges. Perhaps Souter, Ginsburg, Stevens, and Breyer should be put in charge.
Where in the Constitution is Congress' power of the purse removed in regard to the judiciary?
Kennedy deserves to be wearing orange trousers.
Anthony.
And Ted.
He is a former judge, too.
I believe he is a former judge, too.
This move could clear up a lot of the global criticism of Gitmo..... but I think they should relocate the SuperMax pen to Alert or Eureka.
That way we wouldn’t have to worry about a fence, security issues would be down 80 percent!
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