The Supreme Court, this week, in a 5-4 decision, said that detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have habeas corpus rights and can avail themselves of the civilian federal justice system to challenge their detentions.
5-4.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority (joined by justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter and Stephen Breyer), said [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘George W. Bush’
June 22, 2008
A funny thing happened on the way to Gitmo
June 12, 2008
*daps*, or How the National Working Press has no clue
Oh TEE VEE news.
It’s a wonder the National Working Press gets anything right at all.
The 24-hour news cycle. The rushed deadlines. The talking heads. They try so so hard to gain the respect and—most of all—the attention of 18- to 30-year-olds.
They are falling all over themselves to get our attention that it has turned [...]
