She looks so attractive but her mouth is full of venom !

Well, there goes the Hippocratic Oath, along with Habeas Corpus, the Bill of Rights, and the rest of the Constitution. I’m not surprised the judge is from Florida. They’re as nutty there as Molly Ivins says they are in Texas, just not as funny.

I love the jesuitical sophistry of correspondent 127001 in Comment #50611. I remember a M*A*S*H episode in which Hawkeye treats an enemy soldier ahead of one from the US, based on the soldier’s medical condition, not who was killing for whom. Based on that I’d say this doctor was well within his rights.

An eye for an eye and law work both ways. What if terrorists do the same to captured GIs? MDs are trained to cure people and save lives. Perhaps Judge Loretta force her ruling into med schools.

This is pathetic, the ruling that is.

Terrorists are also human beings. Just go ahead to treated them well as other patiens then prosecuted them later if they’re really terrorists.

If the judge said no for medical treatment so she will surely be compared equally to terrorists.

Only animal acts like that judge ! Sorry for her family and mostly for her children !

Time to arrest all the people working in our field hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan.  They treat the “terrorists” every day.  It’s supposed to make us look like good guys.

Actually, the article reads:

“The judge said Sabir is not charged merely for being a doctor or for performing medical services.

“Here, Sabir is alleged essentially to have volunteered as a medic for the al-Qaida military, offering to make himself available specifically to attend to the wounds of injured fighters,” she said. “Much as a military force needs weapons, ammunition, trucks, food and shelter, it needs medical personnel to tend to its wounded.” “

The guy volunteered to the military first, and offered his skills as a part of joining.

The Truthdig report seems a bit misleading to me for not mentioning that.

This is a lot different than a doctor putting forth medical services without discriminating politics (or religion or any other qualifying criteria).

The story from the Chronicle reflects the guy had a different approach, essentially the medical services were a perk of his being a member.

IMHO

The wingnuts are correct - there has been an influx of activist judges.  It just so happens that they are mostly neo-cons.  In modern history, no president has been so unabashedly committed to stacking the court with extremely right-leaning judges as Bushie.  Even Reagan realized that a measure of moderation was needed.  As a young lawyer, I seeth to think of the decisions that will be handed down over the next 20 years from these activists with life-term appointments - and most Americans have no idea it’s coming.