Supreme Court to decide fate of military tribunals.
The Supreme Court has recently decided to hear a case to determine the fate of the ongoing military tribunals for terrorists and alleged terrorists in the "War on Terror". The court's decision could be history in the making, especially if they shoot down or at least limit the military tribunals. I personally view the legal battle over these tribuanls to be one of the biggest failures of the war on terror. I say that becasue the Bush administration had absolutely no backup plan if the courts decided to hear appeals over this process, even though anyone could see that such a challenge was a certainly. Actually, let me rephrase that, the gov't may have forseen such a challenge, but not the fact that the courts might not side with them. I find that scary that there was no backup plan there.
Here is the link if you want to read the story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051108/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guantanamo_trials;_ylt=AviqUeNn5ozmc1NCbj_yQXVvzwcF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
Here is the link if you want to read the story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051108/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guantanamo_trials;_ylt=AviqUeNn5ozmc1NCbj_yQXVvzwcF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
posted by bigalsbeans at 1:52 AM
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It is probably legitimate to use military courts to try non-citizen alleged terrorists, for security reasons if nothing else, as long as defendants are provided the same basic rights they would be in civilian courts. Foremost is that the government must prove you are guilty, you don't have to prove you aren't. These trials would need to be open to some public coverage by pool reporters and the Red Cross.
I noticed they finally got around to charging Jose Padilla with something after 3 1/2 years, and it had nothing to do with a "dirty bomb".
I saw a letter to the editor the other day begging everyone to remember that Tom DeLay and Scooter Libby haven't been convicted of anything yet, but they haven't spent even 3 1/2 hours behind bars. By the way, when is Kenny Boy Lay going on trial?
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