[jwalsh07]

Yes but there outlook is incorrect. The treaty between the US and Cuba specifically states:

The Guantanamo Lease
(i) The Lease Recognizes the "Continuance of Ultimate Sovereignty" by Cuba Over Guantanamo.

The majority concluded "that, at least for habeas purposes, Guantanamo is a part of the sovereign territory of the United States."

Which implies that for the Ninth Circuits political purpose GITMO is not sovereign under Cuba but for all other purposes it is.

Lunacy.

[Redwood71]

AS much as I'd love for that to work, the sovereignty of the land is based upon the same type of lease the feds use for land many times inside the conus. It is considered a reservation rather than a territory or a homestead. This is how the real owners can retake the land upon forfeiture of the lease but remain corporate to its use during US Federal occupation. It also creates a very cheap settlement on buildings or installed property the Feds have to sacrifice depending upon the terms of the lease and whether they adhered to it. You're so right, lunacy.

[McGavin999]

I think the people who live outside the 9th Circuit should get together and file suit against them. They are undercutting America at every turn, writing laws instead of interpreting laws, and now they are endangering the American people.

I also think we all need to get together and have the 9th Circuit broken up. I'd be perfectly happy if their jurisdiction was restricted to San Francisco and a new circuit could be established to cover the rest.