This is from Pookie18's 06/23/2006 Toon's Thread. Just substitute "keep Gitmo Detainees" for "stay in Iraq", and this cartoon would work.
Posted on 06/29/2006 7:11:53 AM PDT by pabianice
Edited on 06/29/2006 7:41:43 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Breaking...
Update:
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees, a rebuke to the administration and its aggressive anti-terror policies.
Justice John Paul Stevens wrote the opinion, which said the proposed trials were illegal under U.S. law and Geneva conventions.
The case focused on Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who worked as a body guard and driver for Usama bin Laden. Hamdan, 36, has spent four years in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo...
Excerpt. Read more at: Fox News
In 5 years from now these Terrorist will still be sitting in GITMO getting interrogated except they'll get to send a monthly letter from their cells through their Red Cross visitor.
What other decision? The insanity defense? What did they rule?
I'm guessing you wren't here the day the Ports news came out.
Bush will not close Gitmo until some disposition is made of these dangerous people.
They will probably be sent back to their home countries. When they are gone...Gitmo for terrorist will cease to exist. Closed.
Senators Graham and Kyl have announced plans to introduce legislation authorizing the military tribunals.
my worst fear of where this all will lead, if we cannot wrest control of the GWOT away from SCOTUS, lawyers, leaking bureaucrats and the MSM....
US Homeland suffers another major attack, killing more than 9/11, wreaking havoc on the economy, and possibly leaving major swaths of an American city uninhabitable.
Senior military leaders, having watched the circus that has unfolded over the past few years, conclude that they have no confidence in the ability of the Civilian leadership inside the Beltway to successfully prosecute the war to victory, as FDR had done. Being faced with that prospect vs. the far worse prospect of losing a global war to Islamofascism, a cadre of Generals seizes power and imposes martial law for the duration (which will be found quite ironic for the bleeding-heart MSM types that are whining so hard over civil liberties). Since the GWOT can be expected to last for decades, this will set up a major battle at some far future date for the American People to try and get their Republic back.
The WH anticipated this ruling.
I'm still digesting the opinion (70 pages), but the Court held that the M'Naghten test is not constitutionally required by the due process clause.
This is from Pookie18's 06/23/2006 Toon's Thread. Just substitute "keep Gitmo Detainees" for "stay in Iraq", and this cartoon would work.
Just wondering, since Gitmo seems to bother so many on the left (and left of the SC) there is always emminent domain and some nice property in New Hampshire to consider...
I'm sure a federally funded medium security prison for detainees whose rights must be protected at all costs would be a boon to the local economy.
It certainly would encourage tourism with all the relatives, supporters, news media, and candidates for office that would be drawn to the site.
A nice new mosque would prove to all that NH is more diverse than it appears to be from out here in the hinterlands!
Finally, it is a given now that "the public good" must include those poor folks currently sweltering in the Cuban heat.
Now lets see, Souter's address must be in the 'phone book...
I was on the fence on that ruling. It's a very sad case.
Well, now we see why the Administration delayed bringing these military tribunals. The Supreme Court is off in lala land. Time for the President to simply assert executive privilege...and ignore this worthless Court in an area of intrinsic authority. Ie.., politely REJECT the Courts opinion. There are three constitutional bodies. And it is time that the Executive Branch, not to mention Congress, defend itself against the Imperial Judiciary.
"In 5 years from now these Terrorist will still be sitting in GITMO getting interrogated except they'll get to send a monthly letter from their cells through their Red Cross visitor"
I'd say let the stay there till they rot.
pbrown, ping to #417, where mystery-ak repeats my post and agrees.
Mystery, pbrown stated elsewhere that Bush WANTED the Court to rule in THIS WAY because to hear him talk you know he wants to close Gitmo. And this ruling will give him his excuse to close it.
Mystery, help me, I gotta run and take care of my mom of whom I'm the only caregiver. Please help me and back me further in straigtening out this confused reaction to today's ruling.
After you watch the President's presser, of course...
Bless you!
That is a very convoluted opinion; it seems most notable for its introduction of the third clause of the Geneva convention into the process.
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