Breaking: SCOTUS Bench-Slaps Bush Over Gitmo
Just this morning, the Supreme Court struck down the Bush Administration’s plan to try Guantanamo detainees before military commissions, as violative of both U.S. law and the Geneva Conventions. The decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld was 5-3, with the conservatives — Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito — in dissent. (Chief Justice Roberts was recused, since he had ruled on the case — in favor of the government — as a lower court judge.)
More TK. Administration press conferences later today.
Supreme Court Rejects Guantanamo War Crimes Trials [WP]
Supreme Court Blocks Trials at Guantanamo [AP]
READ MORE: SCOTUS, antonin scalia, clarence thomas, guantanamo bay, john g. roberts, law, samuel alito, supreme court, top, war on terror
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'bout time!
what, is wonkette at the scotus building again?
come on, gang! I depend on you for breaking news! been waiting for this post for an hour and a half!
by =dan= on 06/29/06 11:28 AM
Man, this is going to slow down the onset of fascism. What were they thinking?
by Daniel K on 06/29/06 02:40 PM
oh yeah, daniel. this will slow it down, until bush adds a signing statement.
by konstantConsumer on 06/29/06 03:00 PM
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