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No Judicial Recourse for DetaineesPosted on Feb 21, 2007A federal appeals court has upheld the Military Commissions Act, denying Guantanamo detainees access to the U.S. judicial system. Attorneys for the detainees said they would appeal the 2-1 decision, which fell along party lines, to the Supreme Court.
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By Marshall, February 22, 2007 at 3:33 pm #
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You silly gooses - due process is guaranteed to US citizens, not prisoners of war and foreign born detainees like these. Prisoners of war are covered by the Geneva convention, which does not afford due process a US citizen would get.
This has always been the case and US prisoners abroad get the same treatment (actually far worse). So what’s the problem here?
Report thisBy rodney matthews, February 22, 2007 at 12:18 pm #
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All the world,s dictators are following our Bushes example.
Report thisBy Mary, February 21, 2007 at 7:59 pm #
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I am stunned to find myself living in the era that ends habeus corpus after something like 800 years. We gotta do something about this, people. Our soldiers, who we have always been taught give their lives for our freedom, are doing something else now. Is that what we want? Perhaps a lot more people need to become card-carrying members of the ACLU.
Report thisBy Luis Arangua, February 21, 2007 at 12:40 pm #
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Welcome to the world of the Pseudo-Christian Neo-Fascist, AKA the modern day Republican Party.
Report thisBy trantieungoc, February 21, 2007 at 11:33 am #
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Are we living in other planet where only sub-human beings exist ?
Report thisBy John in Bear, February 21, 2007 at 9:15 am #
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What universe did I wake up in where an American court rules that some people don’t have a right to due process? Where evidence obtained through torture is admissable to convict someone in secret? WTF? Animals have more protection under our laws than people in Guantanamo. This is insane!
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