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Supreme Court gives rights to Guantanamo detainees

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William Crawley | 00:09 UK time, Friday, 13 June 2008

CPS.MRX90.120608173617.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpgThe , 5-4, against the Bush administration's arguments in defence of the legal status of the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. This is a phenomenally successful outcome for anti-Guantanamo campaigners. The upshot is that the remaining detainees now have the right to challenge their detention in US non-military courts. White House lawyers will now be carefully examining the decision to see if new legislation is necessary to counteract some of the implications of the decision.

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  • Comment number 1.

    The problem stems from the fact that the President never asked for and Congress never passed a Declaration of War. This is proof of their political cowardice. If they had, the Supreme Court would have had no jurisdiction here because the captives would have been declared combat irregulars in a time of war. They could have been disposed of as the military felt most appropriate. The decision of the Supreme Court today was a serious setback for Amerian national security. Were I the President, I'd just ignore the ruling. The supreme court has no power of enforcement and by the time appeals reached a point where there would be a ruling, it would become the next President's headache. Now do you think a President Obama will let suspected terrorists leave the military prison system and enter the American criminal justice system? That would make one fine campaign issue.

  • Comment number 2.

    "Supreme Court would have had no jurisdiction here because the captives would have been declared combat irregulars in a time of war."

    and our soldier with any deviation from standard unifor could be concidered combat irregulars and sentenced to death not captured.

    this reasoning is on the lines of "they can't afford uniforms they cannot afford justice"

    "Were I the President, I'd just ignore the ruling."

    which is one of many reasons why you are not.

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