Reversing Obama on the KSM Trial; The prisoner abuse photos show it can be done.

National Review Online ^ | December 2, 2009 | Andrew C. McCarthy

[Sergeant Tim]

There is a lesson here. KSM & Co. do not have to be brought to the United States — a move that would make it significantly more likely that other Gitmo detainees, trained terrorists, would be transferred here. Similarly, KSM & Co. do not have to be given a civilian trial — a move that would make it far more difficult to justify military commissions for lesser terrorists. This is not a fait accompli. It is still possible to block these developments and to induce the Obama administration to reverse itself. But doing so will require the same two things that carried the day on the photos: passion and bold congressional action.

Taking the latter first, the Constitution makes Congress the master of the jurisdiction of the federal courts. If Congress does not want the war criminals in the war it has authorized swaddled in the Bill of Rights and given the Manhattan pulpit they seek, the solution is very simple: Congress can direct that those who fit the definition of “enemy combatants” — which was spelled out in Section 948a of the 2006 Military Commissions Act — must be tried by military commission for any war crimes. That is, Congress can divest the federal courts of jurisdiction to hear these cases. Furthermore, Congress can make its will emphatically clear by denying appropriations for the transfer of detainees into the U.S. and for the trial of detainees in the civilian federal courts.

[Sergeant Tim]

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[Former MSM Viewer]

if Congress had the balls, we wouldnt be discussing this

[Former MSM Viewer]

if Congress had the balls, we wouldnt be discussing this

[Buckeye McFrog]

the GOP members in Congress have proven to be too linguini-spined to do things even half this bold

[cookcounty]

Hmmmm....if there is a way to force individual Congressmen on the record, there may be an opening to do this.

[cookcounty]

"Despite their overwhelming margins in both houses of Congress, Democrats refused to back the administration and the ACLU. They were startled by the grassroots fury. When enough of them came out from under their desks to signal support for Lieberman-Graham, President Obama’s choice was to play ball or be humiliated. He wisely decided to play ball. Lieberman-Graham became law, and the defense secretary, Robert Gates, invoked his authority under it to bar release of the photos. "

...And Obama is a LOT less popular now than he was when public outcry forced him to back down in May.

[VOA]

I can’t wait to see the KSM cartoon you’ve linked.

The Paul Shaklin (sp?) parody song on Rush’s show in the voice of
KSM singing “New York, New York” is ALL TOO TRUE.

Except I suspect KSM will end up trading carbon credits on an exchange
on Wall Street after he is acquitted (or his case dismissed).

KSM will soon be The Life of The Party at summer get-togethers
in The Hamptons.