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| Bush 1, Obean 0: Obama orders resumption of military commissions at Guantanamo |
| 2011-03-08 |
 That's gotta hurt.In the announcement, the president said his administration remains committed to closing the controversial detention facility but will rescind its previous suspension on bringing new charges before military commissions. The commissions are military proceedings rather than trials in civilian courts. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #2 For some reason code pink refuses to picket Obama over his ILLEGAL detention and trial of suspected terrorists. Is there anything left that was lambasted by the left when Bush was in office that has somehow become legal with Barry in office? Will scan for references of Obama-Hitler on lefty blogs. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2011-03-08 15:28 |
| #1 In addition, the senior administration officials said they would try to repeal the law that prevents the transfer of Guantanamo detainees for trial in the United States. The above comment is the kind of thing an adult would say to comfort a petulant child after delivering dissapointing news. The casual observer will view it as, yet another, typical Obama throw-away statement. This may stray abit OT but think about this statement in the context of recent history. For instance; AG Holder testified that, in colusion with the WH, the DoJ will no longer defend established law (DOMA) before the courts. The Dept. of Homeland Security continues to unabashedly promote it's policy of selective enforcement of immigration laws. And for good measures the Dept. of Justice has challenged Arizona State Laws in Federal courts. The EPA is sidestepping congress to enact legally binding energy regulations. The FCC is writing it's version of net neutraily and has even proposed an internet "kill switch". The Dept. of the Interior continues it's battle for the moritorium on oil drilling permits in defiance of multiple court decsions. HHS continues to provide selective waivers for the Health Care Law. The Dept. of Treasury is writing the new regulations that would traditionally be written by congress. And now, the Executive branch is publicly annoucing that it's dedicating resources to "repeal" yet another established law they don't agree with. You know, not too long ago the Congressional Progressive Caucus was screaming about Executive over-reach.Now that it's their guy - not so much. Curious...ain't it? |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2011-03-08 12:08 |