Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Hey, apparently it is all wrong! Who'd have thought? US Supreme Court Quashes "Illegal" Guantanamo Trials The United States Supreme Court ruled Thursday that military trials arranged by the Bush administration for detainees at Guantanamo Bay are illegal and wrongly constituted under military and civilian law.The court said the trials — known as military commissions — do not conform to any act of Congress. Justices also rejected the government's argument that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Finally some just progress.This gitmo situation is f'ng ridiculous.This is promising.Deeps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 If the States is going to survive the court of public opinion, it does need to clearly show to the rest of the world that its ideals are in fact higher and more deserving of respect than the bumpkins it elects to maintain them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 (edited) i'm sure some kind of state of national emergency will be called, in which all rulings made by the Supreme Court would become null and void, and the bumpkins elected to maintain Gitmo will continue to violate every human right and freedom that we've fought the last 50-100 years or so for, all of course, under the guise of 'homeland security' and 'what is right' and 'what is wrong', and 'bringing justice to all', as is the 'American Way'. and then half of the westernized world will wholeheartedly believe this to be true, and stand by their man, Mr. GW Bush as if he knew what noone else would ever want to know. And they'd go to bed every night, thanking their gods that there is someone out there who is such a righteous and wholesome man, who is able to best protect their interests and their son's interests and their grandson's interests and their great grandson's interests. who helps them maintain their american way of life and who genuinely cares about stocking a walmart shelf. as is America, forever and always. Long live Gitmo. God Bless! Edited June 30, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Nicely put ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 ...every human right and freedom that we've fought the last 50-100 years or so for...I was pleased to see that the Senate shot down (barely - by one vote!) the proposed constitutional amendment to make flag-burning a crime. Bill Frist had argued that Americans had fought and died for that flag. The best rebuttal came from a Hawaiian senator who had lost a couple of limbs in WWII (or maybe it was Korea, I can't remember) who said that although he personally is offended by flag-burning, what he *really* fought for was the right for people to burn flags as a form of social protest and freedom of expression.Kudos to you, sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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