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| Judge voids scores of Guantanamo habeas cases |
| 2010-04-06 |
| A federal judge has dismissed more than 100 habeas corpus lawsuits filed by former Guantanamo captives, ruling that because the Bush and Obama administrations had transferred them elsewhere, the courts need not decide whether the Pentagon imprisoned them illegally. The ruling dismayed attorneys for some of the detainees who'd hoped any favorable U.S. court findings would help clear their clients of the stigma, travel restrictions and, in some instances, perhaps more jail time that resulted from their stay at Guantanamo. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #2 at least they are getting close verlaine of course tomorrow the supreme court or some appeals judge will overturn this ruling |
| Posted by: chris 2010-04-06 11:48 |
| #1 Close, but no cigar. The judge should have ruled that the courts had no say over the matter as it fell squarely under the executive's power to wage war and implement treaty provisions. The failure to do that, since the outset, has shredded the constitution, abetted the ICRC and others in shredding the Conventions, and generally added to the insane judicial tyranny that exists today. Not that anyone would notice. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2010-04-06 10:45 |