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June 12, 2008 - 1:38pm.
The Supreme Court today ruled in a 5-4 decision, with Chief Justice Roberts writing a minority dissenting opinion, that the detainees of the United States at Guantanamo Bay have access to the protections of the writ of habeas corpus. They thus have the right to question their detention in the Federal Court system. I just watched McCain's reaction to the news, which was that he had not had a chance to read the decision first, but that he particularly wanted to read the "decision" written by Roberts. This is the sort of mistake that is made by rookie politicians, who almost unanimously, unless they are attorneys, believe that the dissenting opinions in Supreme Court cases are somehow important. On the contrary, dissenting opinions not only have no force of law, they are frequently the repository of inflammatory rhetoric aimed at denigrating the opinions of those in the majority. Judges and justices who pen those dissents know, as do the attorneys who read them, that they are the place for venting anger towards those who differ with them. Senator McCain would do well to read the majority opinion, since that's the one that sets forth the law of the land. To imply that his views or policies might depend more upon the minority opinion than upon the law of the land is to allow us to infer that he is not fit to govern. It is this callous disregard for the rule of law that has turned this country on its ear in the past seven years. We can do better. We must do better. Or we are doomed. Ted
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Give them their day in
Submitted by bryan mcclellan on June 13, 2008 - 2:27am.Give them their day in court, perhaps the magistracies will want ice water.
I say give them a day to defend, generous of me since six years are passing four thousand plus.
Beyond Karma and common sense, we are not frail we ...
Give a man his day in court, absent media.
Beyond Dignity.
I just came from a
Submitted by Sandra Price on June 13, 2008 - 7:17am.I just came from a Conservative site that claims our S.C. is made up of Nazi Liberals for trying to uphold the Constitution. This has bothered me as no one in the Congress seemed to understand the consequences of removing anyone's freedom. Equality may survive the Bush Administration.
I wrote years ago that the Conservative movement (not just Neoconservatices, Flapsaddle) but all Conservatives will not quit until our Constitution is destroyed and rewitten to include the New Testament. All moral sins must be included in the Amendments. I will not expose the site of this horrible group but we have one here who represents their agenda. My God! what the hell do these Christians want from America??? The move to make the Supreme Court all Christians is just their first step.
After the decision of the S.C. yesterday, the reaction to it, proves without a doubt who the real enemy is. We must not allow McCain even a day in the White House. He has no spine and is a puppet for the Religious Right.