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[Legal]
Date Posted:
6/29/2006
11:33:16 am EDT
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Supreme Court Blocks Bush, Gitmo War Trials
Author: Gina Holland, AP Source: ABC News (US)
Title: SUPREME COURT BLOCKS BUSH, GITMO WAR TRIALS
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees.
The ruling, a rebuke to the administration and its aggressive anti-terror policies, was written by Justice John Paul Stevens, who said the proposed trials were illegal under U.S. law and international Geneva conventions.
The case focused on Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who worked as a bodyguard and driver for Osama bin Laden. Hamdan, 36, has spent four years in the U.S. prison in Cuba. He faces a single count of conspiring against U.S. citizens from 1996 to November 2001.
Two years ago, the court rejected Bush's claim to have the authority to seize and detain terrorism suspects and indefinitely deny them access to courts or lawyers. In this follow-up case, the justices focused solely on the issue of trials for some of the men.
Bush spokesman Tony Snow said the White House would have no comment until lawyers had had a chance to review the decision. Officials at the Pentagon and Justice Department were planning to issue statements later in the day.
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| A Little Late... | Jun 29th. at 4:24:17 pm EDT
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Cyra (Lemoore, California) - Email Me
It would have been nice to see the Justice Dept. applying the brakes to current administrative violations, a bit sooner.
BB, Cyra
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| Thank Divinity!!! | Jun 29th. at 2:21:32 pm EDT
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Phoenix (Juneau, Florida) - Email Me
Finally, I can breathe a sigh of relief as some action is taken toward fighting the horrors of absolute executive power...
*sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh* A step in the right direction, for once.
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