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BREAKING: Supreme Court Gives Guantanamo Detainees Habeas Rights

5-4 split, with the usual suspects. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, which holds that alien unlawful combatants have constitutional habeas rights (as opposed to just a statutory habeas right) at Guantanamo Bay.

My quick glimpse says that the justices are engaged in the same "almost is good enough" analysis that they applied in Rasul in which they decided that Guantanamo Bay, though not technically U.S. territory, is close enough so that constitutional protections must apply.

The court goes on to rule on a question not considered by the lower courts, in a departure from the usual procedure, that Congress may only curtail the Guantanamo Bay detainees' constitutional habeas rights by properly using the Suspension Clause or providing an adequate substitute. It goes on to say that the Detainee Treatment Act and the Military Commissions Act did not provide adequate substitutes for habeas.

Opinions are here, I'm skimming now.

Keep in mind that though this will be trumpeted as a "crushing blow" to the Bush Administration, so too were other War on Terror cases like Hamdi and Hamdan that turned out to not be as bad as the president's detractors claimed. I don't know if that is the case here, but it is something to keep in mind.

What is the immediate impact? Off the top of my head, the Supreme Court just did both presidential candidates a favor by mooting the question of closing Guantanamo Bay. If the detainees have access to U.S. courts, there's no reason to close the base and transfer them to the mainland U.S.

More coming...

More: On my first read-through of Kennedy's opinion, I'm struck by the facial invalidation of the DTA and MCA. The lower courts didn't have an opportunity to examine the question of whether the laws provide an adequate substitute for habeas corpus which means the government has had no chance to litigate their side of the story. Instead, the court accepts the detainees argument that there is no possible way that the laws could be interpreted to provide an adequate substitute. The facial invalidation makes this an extraordinary opinion from Kennedy.

A refresher on the core issue: just which habeas rights (constitutional or statutory) are overseas, alien detainees entitled? I just pulled that together from some older material.

I have to run down to school, back in a few...

And yet more: If you're going to read just one of the opinions, skip down to Chief Justice Roberts'. I suspect that his intro will seriously resonate with Drew, who as you know has a particular dislike for courts which do more legislating than adjudicating:

The political branches crafted these procedures amidst an ongoing military conflict, after much careful investigation and thorough debate. The Court rejects them today out of hand, without bothering to say what due process rights the detainees possess, without explaining how the statute fails to vindicate those rights, and before a single petitioner has even attempted to avail himself of the law’s operation. And to what effect? The majority merely replaces a review system designed by the people’s representatives with a set of shapeless procedures to be defined by federal courts at some future date.

There are some good questions in the comments here and in Drew's post. I'll see if I can answer some of them next.

First, what does this mean for the military commissions that were just starting? They are completely derailed. Each and every detainee at Guantanamo Bay is filing habeas petitions in U.S. courts right now (if they haven't already done so). The question in all of those cases will be: did the U.S. government give the detainee due process. Answering that question involves several issues for which the courts have little or no guidance, which is why this decision is so very misguided.

(1) What process rights are due overseas aliens? We just don't know. Habeas corpus has traditionally been granted to citizens or invited aliens, who have fairly well defined rights. Before today's decision, aliens who were overseas and who did not have any connection to the U.S. simply did not have constitutional due process rights. Thanks to today's decision, the Guantanamo Bay detainees have more rights than aliens with no connection to the U.S., but it's not clear whether they have as many rights as invited aliens.

(2) What procedures satisfy those process rights? Again, we just don't know. Congress tried to craft procedures to give Guantanamo Bay detainees procedures. The major protection is the CSRTs which were instituted thanks to Justice O'Connor in Hamdi, and those who wanted to challenge the CSRT process could appeal that to the federal courts. Furthermore, those who were subject to military commissions had the right to appeal decisions to a federal court. All of that just got thrown out the window. The courts are just going to make it up as they go, using the limited guidance of Justice Kennedy in today's decision.

Second, Drew writes:

One last thought...will the US Military now have to read everyone they capture their Miranda rights? Will they have to collect and preserve evidence the same way cops do? How can they not if the people they capture will now be going to regular US criminal courts? The bottom line...it will be impossible to get convictions but that's just a minor inconvenience if you are an exalted justice of the US Supreme Court.

No, the Court did not change the pursuit of war into a pursuit of justice...I think. The Guantanamo Bay detainees now have the right challenge the legality of their detention, but they haven't been granted all the rights of citizens in criminal situations. Miranda rights are founded in the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, they apply in the criminal law context. Today's opinion hasn't changed that. Likewise, the evidenciary rules come from the Fourth Amendment and apply to the specific context of criminal trials. Today's opinion hasn't changed that.

However, it's possible that later courts will decide that they should apply to military detentions, and it's the Court's discussion of hearsay that really bothers me as to this possibility. The hearsay rule of evidence is largely a common law rule not founded in the Constitution. But Kennedy's opinion seems to indicate that some version of the rule preventing hearsay is appropriate for military detainees (notwithstanding O'Connor's contrary finding in Hamdi). In the criminal context, hearsay sometimes implicates the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. Does the Sixth Amendment, or some portion of it, now apply to military detainees? A plausible argument can now be made that it does. No doubt that argument will be made in the detainees' habeas petitions.

Okay, that's all from me for now. I'm actually supposed to be studying for the bar right now and there isn't any section on the War on Terror.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 10:42 AM



Comments

1 Taney's Revenge.


Posted by: mrp at June 12, 2008 10:48 AM (HjPtV)

2 Oh great, so they can lawyer up and we end up conducting the GWOT through the courts instead of the gun-camera of a Reaper drone.

Posted by: EC at June 12, 2008 10:49 AM (mAhn3)

3 So in otherwords, the military will have to ensure that combatants on the battlefield stays dead aka another 30,000 dollar hellfire bomb.

Posted by: Kaitian at June 12, 2008 10:50 AM (ARutk)

4 Or even better, keep them at Diego Garcia rather than Guantanamo.  It's British territory, not US.

Posted by: Kaitian at June 12, 2008 10:51 AM (ARutk)

5

I wonder what part of "unlawful" they don't get...  It's not that they've broken the law - they're outside the law.

I guess "unlawful combatants" should just be summarily executed on the battlefield like they were in WWII?

Sowing the seeds of our own demise...

Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2008 10:52 AM (2MrBP)

6

I think we should of stuck with that pot smoker, Ginsburg; clearly Kennedy is doing something much stronger. This is the death sentence for America; as we knew it. Reversing two hundred years of military tribunal policy; at this point they would have freed Benedict Arnold, on free speech rights, given the Quirin saboteurs, another chance to bomb the Jersey shore; we want to make it perfectly fair for them to kill as many Americans as necessary

Posted by: narciso at June 12, 2008 10:54 AM (XWJh5)

7 I agree with some of the other posters. No more prisoners. No more fooling around. Kill em all. It's not worth the life of another American soldier if we are not trying to win 100%.

Posted by: Paradigm Shift at June 12, 2008 10:59 AM (/s5j6)

8 Fuck it.  The bad guys deserve to win, we aren't a nation.

Posted by: leoncaruthers at June 12, 2008 10:59 AM (7iTO9)

9 Well that sort of eliminates a lot of future enemy combatants. It'll be easier to let them fertilize the battlefield, than to deal with paying lawyer fees. This may be a good ruling, after all.

Posted by: roy at June 12, 2008 10:59 AM (cB77O)

10

Gah! 

This is getting very depressing.  By "This" I mean the state of freedom in the West.

I think I am begining to understand the motivation for the early US settlers to risk the trip to the new world just to escape their failing social & poltical system.

Pity we are so far away from opening our solar system for settlement.

Posted by: This&That at June 12, 2008 11:04 AM (MSMPS)

11

I see a passel of you morons beat me to it. The rationale for prioritizing taking prisoners over killing every bad guy on the battlefield is what was really dealt a crushing blow here.

Hopefully we'll make an immediate change in the ROE.

Posted by: Andy at June 12, 2008 11:06 AM (C3mTI)

12

If the detainees have access to U.S. courts, there's no reason to close the base and transfer them to the mainland U.S.

The arguement can be made that there's no reason to keep Gitmo open either. 

Posted by: EC at June 12, 2008 11:07 AM (mAhn3)

13

   Had the US treated these unlawful combatants in accordance with the GC, this sick travesty wouldn't have unfolded.  But because we are a moral, decent people, we erroneously gave them rights and privileges they didn't deserve in ANY manner.

    It sickens me to see our enemies use the very strengths of our nation as a means of defeating us.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 12, 2008 11:08 AM (N4pK7)

14

Maybe it really is a suicide pact? Let's ask good old Thom, he usually has a good quote for any occasion (not as good as Ben Franklin's quotes, but usually pretty good).

 You ask a very important question ...snip...the constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase...snip...I have often thought that a strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of highest obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.

Stuff Jefferson Really Said (3rd edition).

 

Posted by: Veeshir at June 12, 2008 11:09 AM (zXUuJ)

15 Justice Kennedy, eh?

Yeah sorry about that. I tried with Bork and Ginsburg (Douglas, not Ruth) but I had to do something after that.

As I said, sorry about that one.

Posted by: Zombie Reagan at June 12, 2008 11:09 AM (hlYel)

16 Shouldn't that be "No reason NOT to close the base"?

The only reason to put 'em in 'almost Cuba' was to prevent habeus corpus which they would have in the US. Now that they have that, they might as well be in Charleston where food is cheaper and MPs abound.
Apparently the non-US intelligentsia also has a problem with prisoners being held on a military colony. I think this ruling will accelaratet he end of Guantanamo's use as an acknowledged prison.
I wonder if that means the USN will be activating a cruise ship for terror suspects. Underway replenshiment, no territorrial issues. USNS Kitty Hawk? CV(Luxury Liner) is there a Navy ship code for ocean going prison barge?

Posted by: Potosi Joel at June 12, 2008 11:10 AM (TPRbZ)

17 Fine, let's just ship them all to Iraq. Would Bush have the cojones to do that?

Posted by: Michael Laurence at June 12, 2008 11:10 AM (M0QEs)

18 The arguement can be made that there's no reason to keep Gitmo open either.
I'd argue there's no reason to provide them transport off the island at the expense of the state.

Posted by: leoncaruthers at June 12, 2008 11:11 AM (7iTO9)

19 Hmmmmm.

Well that's fucking interesting.

Now I hope Obama wins in November so he'll be President and have to deal with this bullshit.

So let me get this fucking straight.  A POW can now use the fucking courts?  Could a POW file a civil lawsuit against the detention facility because his corn on the cob was served too cold?

Nuisance lawsuits?  Yes we damn well can!

joy.

Posted by: memomachine at June 12, 2008 11:12 AM (XlmYx)

20

Good Great idea leoncaruthers.

"Hey Mr. Terrorist, you're free to go. We'll just let you out of the wire and you can head that way (points toward Havana) for free medical care, high literacy and murderous, commie thugs. Enjoy."

Sort of a reverse Mariel Boatlift where Castro sent us so many criminals (the point of Scarface).

Man, that's just beautiful on so many levels.

 

 

Posted by: Veeshir at June 12, 2008 11:15 AM (zXUuJ)

21 It would seem that all we have left to hope for in the war against Islamo-fascism appears to be the successful growth of a free Iraq that breeds change in the Islamic world.

Well, that and the enlightened prospect of giving them everything they demand so that they will magically become tolerant of our culture.

Talk about putting all one's eggs in one basket.

What this&that said:

Pity we are so far away from opening our solar system for settlement.

Posted by: krakatoa at June 12, 2008 11:19 AM (/FUhT)

22

Zombie Reagan at June 12, 2008 11:09 AM (hlYel)

Yeah, you gave us OConnor too.  And you 'conservatives'  think Bush is the devil because he had a mere nominee not up to your standards.  

Posted by: a disconnect at June 12, 2008 11:19 AM (m2CN7)

23 Wow, what a shitty thursday. All before lunch! Thanks Supreme Coutrt! (ya bunch of tards)

Posted by: Aurvant at June 12, 2008 11:19 AM (PV/4J)

24

So the best way to fight terrorists now is not to join the Army or Marines. Instead you need to have about five thousand guys renounce their American citizenship and start up an American version of the PLO, getting secret funding from wherever they can, and kill terrorists wherever they find 'em. A sort of pro-American A-Team. Who wants to illustrate the comic book?

Posted by: EnochF at June 12, 2008 11:23 AM (VXm6y)

25 Do you think John McCain could have grabbed a lawyer and filed a lawsuit against his captors?

Don't think so.

Posted by: K.R. Kahn at June 12, 2008 11:24 AM (xamKk)

26

More and more we are seeing a notable dynamic at work. Namely, on September 12, 2001, President Bush essentially made a vow that this would NEVER happen on his watch again.

And of course, the problem is that he suceeded. So now, being Americans, American Idol and Britney Spears are more important to us than what happened on 9/11. (consider that many kids becoming teenagers this next year have no memories or just fragmented memories of the event at all.)

It is that success that allows us to even HAVE these conversations at all.  Let's see, 6,000 dead in the streets of.... Los Angeles say.... next year? Gosh, ya think ANYONE will give two sh#ts about those poor "innocents" at Gitmo, and about poor Haddad being wiretapped when he calls his brother in Yemen? Think anyone will care? Not likely.

Just as an aside, if such a thing should happen (and I pray it does not), remember, the fact that Bush headed the government on 9/11/01 is proof that he had a hand in it, or at best knew about it and let it happen.  The fact that it happened in 2009 when Democrats headed the governement will be proof that evil Republicans were behind it, not those innocent jihadis which are the human equivalent of grizzly bears, possibly dangerous, but just an oh-so-intriguing part of earth's flora and fauna doing what it is they do.... (and yet another one being viciously hurt by evil Republicans.)

You watch.

 

 

 

Posted by: Andrew X at June 12, 2008 11:28 AM (ne9bG)

27 Leon over at Redstate asks President Bush to defy the Court, on the Constitutional grounds that they are usurping their authority.  As Andrew Jackson said, "They have written their opinion. Now let them enforce it."

Posted by: Loren Heal at June 12, 2008 11:32 AM (uiKEv)

28 No, a disconnect.

We Conservatives think that no quarter should be given when seating a justice to the Supreme Court. Bush isn't the devil. He was simply wrong with Miers.

You seem to be of the opinion that we need to take the best we can get, and hope it works out.

How's that working for you today?

Posted by: krakatoa at June 12, 2008 11:32 AM (/FUhT)

29 If I recall correctly, in Hamdi Scalia actually sided with giving a U.S. citizen access to the courts because there had been no suspension of Habeas Corpus.

I'll have to read the opinion myself later tonight, but I wonder if Kennedy cited Scalia's argument (or what I vaguely recall of it... or perhaps misremember entirely...) in this one when making his call.

In any case, this is a decision we will regret in the decades to come.

Posted by: Guy in Utah at June 12, 2008 11:34 AM (V3WTz)

30 I want to f*ck Mika Brzezinski. I can't take it anymore.

Posted by: Larry Barr at June 12, 2008 11:34 AM (WaoXY)

31 One can only imagine Justice Robert Bork.  What a waste.  What a waste.

Posted by: MAJHAM at June 12, 2008 11:36 AM (5ap+X)

32 Mika? Not so much.

Posted by: Loren Heal at June 12, 2008 11:45 AM (uiKEv)

33

I'm gonna' look at the bright side, 'cause I'm a total ignoramus when it comes to law...But, I do know right from wrong...And, I'm pretty confident that most Americans do, also.

Therefore,

Running them through our Justice System may be their worst nightmare...Hopefully.

Besides,

Do we really want to hold these pricks indefinitly, with all their perks?...On our dime?

 

Posted by: franksalterego at June 12, 2008 11:48 AM (POK2i)

34 So is Justice Kennedy being paid by the McCain campaign?  He's really solidifying the GOP conservative base.

Posted by: AmishDude at June 12, 2008 11:48 AM (T0NGe)

35 If I recall correctly, in Hamdi Scalia actually sided with giving a U.S. citizen access to the courts because there had been no suspension of Habeas Corpus.

I doubt that this would apply and if Kennedy ever had the gonads to cite it, Scalia would probably write dissent him a new one for trying it.  Most of these guys are citizens of other countries, captured on a foreign battlefield and brought to Gitmo.  There is no expectation of Habeas.  They aren't even EPWs (enemy POWs) because they don't wear a uniform, but that's a technical point that is beyond liberals' understanding.  They are too into the whole Noble Savage thing.

In fact, we'd like to send a lot of these cretins to their home countries.  Unfortunately, we have laws against sending combatants to countries that do practice genuine torture.

Of course, I'm no lawyer.  Apparently, my IQ is too high.

Posted by: AmishDude at June 12, 2008 11:53 AM (T0NGe)

36 But not my attention span: "write dissent"="dissent"

Posted by: AmishDude at June 12, 2008 11:56 AM (T0NGe)

37 Go ahead and don't vote for Mav. It'll ALWAYS be 5-4 then.

Posted by: Mike in Chicago at June 12, 2008 12:06 PM (/L1AV)

38 Posted by: AmishDude at June 12, 2008 11:48 AM (T0NGe)

No joke.  This a gift for JMac.

Posted by: Slublog at June 12, 2008 12:07 PM (R8+nJ)

39

OT...  but there were no Obama threads to post this on today:

http://images.dailykos.com/images/user/3/BO_Birth_Certificate.jpg

Here's a copy of Obama's birth certificate.  I know that someone wrote a blog post about it the other day.  People, I guess, are really anxious to see it.  So here it is.  I guess that Daily Kos got a copy of it.

Posted by: oops at June 12, 2008 12:10 PM (aKGtn)

40

David Motari, the marine in the puppy throwing vid, was apparently convicted in the case. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080612/D918ACR00.html

Posted by: captkidney at June 12, 2008 12:12 PM (Bq8Sp)

41

@captkidney - Really? I had actually thought that the video was a fake. I didn't know that those guys tossed a real puppy off a cliff.

No, I'm not kidding. I still think it looks like a fake.

Posted by: Aurvant at June 12, 2008 12:17 PM (PV/4J)

42 Let's release the detainees to the custody of the likes of Markos Moulitsas, George Soros, Medea Benjamin, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, John McCain, etc., and if anything bad happens as a result, we hold them personally accountable.

Posted by: profligatewaste at June 12, 2008 12:19 PM (4n+vR)

43

The courts are just going to make it up as they go, using the limited guidance of Justice Kennedy in today's decision.

 

Grab your ankles and kiss your arse goodbye!

Posted by: EC at June 12, 2008 12:20 PM (mAhn3)

44 Here's a copy of Obama's birth certificate.

I know.  People are so nosy.  If I didn't know better, I'd think Barack Hussein Obama II were running for president or something.

Getting this stupid thing was like pulling teeth, are we ever going to get Smokey McSmoker's full medical records?

Posted by: AmishDude at June 12, 2008 12:22 PM (T0NGe)

45

I'm not sure it's a gift for McCain--it steals some of his fire. Gitmo might've served as a ready-made prop/transition point for his POW narrative; now that it's a non-issue, he's lost a springboard for that story. Claiming the moral high ground is easier when you've got recent AP photos to make the point.

Unrelated: First Obama sign on our street this morning on the way to work. Sprouted up like an ugly little plastic flower. I expect to be living in a meadow of them by summer's end. It's not probable, but very possible, that McCain could lose Virginia.

Posted by: railwriter at June 12, 2008 12:25 PM (2AgNZ)

46

No, I agree there is something important to it.  I just don't imagine that someone would lie about their name when all that stuff is part of the public record.  And, I don't know why a name like Muhammad is any different then Hussein. 

I mean if I was going to invent a good name for a president...  I'd call myself Captain Fuckin America rather than Barack Hussein Obama.

Posted by: oops at June 12, 2008 12:28 PM (aKGtn)

47 To parrot Mark Steyn, Western civilization is giving the impression that it's dying to surrender to someone, anyone. The Islamic jihadists think, "Hey, why not us?"

Posted by: Slowking Man at June 12, 2008 12:31 PM (y7B6W)

48

Potosi Joel's comment is awesome: 

"I wonder if that means the USN will be activating a cruise ship for terror suspects. Underway replenshiment, no territorrial issues. USNS Kitty Hawk? CV(Luxury Liner) is there a Navy ship code for ocean going prison barge?"

Better vessel than that?  SSN23.  The USS Jimmy Carter. (I know is's a Nuclear Sub, but the fact that it's a sub makes it soooo delicious.)  Let the wailing begin when they go under the shrinking icecaps for 6 months at a time. 

If Bush had Cheney's Balls, he'd do it.  Carter is Worst president ever, and deserves this distinction.

 

Posted by: Mephitis, the maverick conservative at June 12, 2008 12:31 PM (8vJF0)

49 Here's a copy of Obama's birth certificate.

If that's supposed to be his birth certificate, I call bullshit.  That looks like a photoshop.

Zoom in on it. Look at the clarity of the letters.  It's not a scanned document, I'll bet  my eye teeth.

Posted by: Stinky Esposito at June 12, 2008 12:31 PM (qqQ2H)

50 FYI: High contrast, fine lines often leave mottling in the background on a digital images.  It depends on the compression on the jpg, etc.  It might be a photoshop, but it is most likely just the way that the image was saved.

Posted by: oops at June 12, 2008 12:37 PM (aKGtn)

51 Stinky, I think it's reprinted (I've requested a copy of my BC before and they reprint them).  I don't think it's a photoshop unless they got a blank certificate form.  The watermark is present in the "white space" of the letters and there doesn't seem to be evidence of deleting text.

If it's genuine, it's obviously a reprint.  There's a legal disclaimer in the lower left with the date (11/01).  The backward JUN 6, 2007 indicates that somebody had this thing for a year.

Posted by: AmishDude at June 12, 2008 12:39 PM (T0NGe)

52 Plus the pixellated crap around the seal is consistent with what you see around the letters, both in the name and in the rest of the doc.

Posted by: oops at June 12, 2008 12:41 PM (aKGtn)

53 I'm aware of that, oops.  My question is that there is relatively little mottling of the letters themselves.

And, by what shows at the bottom, it is marked as a laser print, certainly not an original document, which would make a forgery that much easier without either the physical document for review or corroborating materials.

I don't put much faith in something when the only source is Kos.

Posted by: Stinky Esposito at June 12, 2008 12:43 PM (qqQ2H)

54 Between this and the utter abdication of free speech by the Western world (I'm looking at you Canada) and whatnot, I'm ready to give up.  What the hell, I never wanted to be 90 anyway.  Bring the wall on, baby.

Posted by: alexthechick at June 12, 2008 12:44 PM (SHHaV)

55

Clearly, as the Court is presently constituted, there is and there can only be one solution that should satisfy everybody concerned. 

No prisoners.

Posted by: shropshirelad at June 12, 2008 12:45 PM (dZZBY)

56 Jesus.

Posted by: ace at June 12, 2008 12:46 PM (aEOLm)

57

Sure, sure, stinky.  It could be fake.  Just don't bet your eye teeth on it.  That's all.  You can use them.

Sorry to drift off topic. 

Posted by: oops at June 12, 2008 12:47 PM (aKGtn)

58

Puh-leeze. That Obama birth certificate is clearly fake.

The Kos leftards didn't even get the basic demographic information correct. Everybody knows the mother's name is Mary, the father's Joseph and the place of birth is Bethlehem.

Posted by: Andy at June 12, 2008 12:48 PM (C3mTI)

59 We only have these unlawful combatants because we were dealing with the in Afghanistan when they didn't have any government.

Now we will simply have the Afghanis take care of them, and we just visit for interrogations.

Make sure to include this in the SOFA's we sign so we can claim its a sovereignty issue, sorry, we can't help you there, SCOTUS doesn't have any power, etc.

Posted by: Harun at June 12, 2008 12:51 PM (0GS2/)

60

The Scalia separate concurrance is really the one to read.  It flat out says that the majority will cost American lives.

Posted by: Bob from Ohio at June 12, 2008 01:10 PM (s6nMp)

61 Aurvant, I thought it a fake too.

Posted by: captkidney at June 12, 2008 01:20 PM (Bq8Sp)

62

Article is carefully worded and does not say that the pup was alive. Maybe still a fake but the Marine Corps decided it didn't like the judgement of marines who would post such a thing on the web?

Posted by: captkidney at June 12, 2008 01:23 PM (Bq8Sp)

63 Thanks to today's decision, the Guantanamo Bay detainees have more rights than aliens with no connection to the U.S., but it's not clear whether they have as many rights as invited aliens.

My God, they're living in the shadows! Give them amnesty, quick!

Posted by: Cerebral Paul Z. at June 12, 2008 01:29 PM (0sVlQ)

64 Since when has the majority given a shit about American lives?

Posted by: mikeyslaw at June 12, 2008 01:29 PM (QMGr1)

65 Why don't we just send them to ANWR to feed the fucking caribou? That way, we can have all our sacred, untouchable cows in one area.

Posted by: UGAdawg at June 12, 2008 01:32 PM (q3Oy6)

66

Funny,

That, the certificate only has information relevent to current questions, isn't it.

I just pulled out my own birth certificate...It has no less than 32 pieces of information, including the signature of the Attending Physician or Midwife, attesting to the birth, and the name of the Hospital.

It even has information about my mother's and father's employment.

I call "Bull-Shit"

Posted by: franksalterego at June 12, 2008 01:49 PM (POK2i)

67 Caribou?  The MOSQUITOES will SUCK all of their BLOOD out in less than 48 HOURS...

Posted by: Vampire Plover at June 12, 2008 02:04 PM (zAvxs)

68 Hmmmm.

My answer to the Supreme Court if I were President?

Have someone cap each detainee in the back of the head.

Give a full Presidential Pardon to the man with the pistol.

Posted by: memomachine at June 12, 2008 02:36 PM (XlmYx)

69 Hmmm.

Oh FUCK!  I didn't think of this:

"I’m reminded of what one DHS source pointed out to me when the high court ruled in favor of habeas corpus rights four years ago: “Hmm, now that the Gitmo detainees are entitled to habeas challenges and hearings by American courts and American judges, I wonder how long before they and their lawyers claim that they are entitled to asylum hearings as well?”"

From MichelleMalkin.com

With asylum they'd also be eligible for federal and state welfare programs **AND** the ability to bring their fucking friends and families to the USA.

Fuck it.  I'm going to drink some beer and forget today ever happened.

Posted by: memomachine at June 12, 2008 02:40 PM (XlmYx)

70

Justice Scalia's dissenting opinion is 'dead' on.  This changes very little and will be tied up in lower courts for some time to come.  But, the NUTROOTS will claim victory and the MSM will trumpet said victory.  Oh well........

Posted by: Bob at June 12, 2008 02:54 PM (CDFAS)

71

Frank @ #66 just made my point for me.   I also just pulled out copies of my children's and mine and my husband's birth certs.  

The Obama/Kos document is similar to a "certification of vital record" that is frequently issued when people request a copy of their birth cert. for various purposes.  Commonly referred to as an "extract", i.e. only containing that information thought pertinent to the request.  This is not a copy (aka photocopy) of the original vital records fact sheet but an iteration of just the information that people normally need/want when requesting a copy for identification purposes.

As an example, I have a certified (photocopy) of my son's "original record of live birth" which was filled out at the hospital, has much more information about the birth, about parents, and most definitely has the name and signature of the attending doctor, plus the name and signature of both parents.  I contend that all "original" records of live birth (vital records fact sheet) are filled out at the time of birth on standard multipart forms with multiple signatures.

I also have a "certification of vital record" for the same son which looks very much like the Obama/Kos document but with some major differences.   My son's "certification" says at the bottom:  "I certify that this is a true, full and correct COPYof the THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE ON FILE  or the VITAL RECORD FACTS ON FILE in the vital records unit of the Oregon Center for Health Statistics.   (emphasis mine).

And then there is a date of issue of the "copy of the original" and the SIGNATURE OF THE STATE REGISTRAR.   Plus the language "this copy is not valid without intaglio state seal and border."

All this is missing from the Obama/Kos document.  No signature of state registrar.  No date of issue of the document.  No "not valid without intaglio" language.  

The intaglio state seal is exactly like embossing (as in a notary's seal) over the ink image of a state seal.  It always completely distorts the ink image over which it is embossed.  I don't think we're looking at such an animal on the Obama/Kos document.

Too much information missing.   If this is an actual "certification of vital record" then there must also exist the underlying original vital records facts form which was filled out by hospital workers with signature of doctor and parents.

So I agree with Frank, and I second the call as BS.

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I hope when they transfer these scum to military stockades in the US they get the same perks as your standard issue military prisoner--that being, one hell of a lot less than what most state and even federal prisoners get.

But no, they'll probably build these fuckers separate wings with prayer rooms and halal kitchens and christ knows what all.

This whole situation is beyond belief, and if the McCain supporters think electing him is going to have the slightest effect on the sleighride to hell the USA is on (of which this is just one self-destructive issue), you are psychopathically deluded. 

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Okay, I can't help myself.

Take a closer look at an enlarged image of the Obama/Kos document.   Look specifically at the corners of the border design.   At each corner there are dark lines that bisect the border design making it look as though the borders were created by laying a long strip of paper across each edge but they overlapped a little bit and, when copied, the overlap created a dark line that stands out from the border design.

Also our sons' official birth records contain microscopic writing within the border design that says "American Bank Note Company".  I do believe the name of the printer is standard on all paper produced through intaglio printing for use in official documents.   The Obama/Kos document has nothing to indicate the printer. 

Just a couple more anomolies to consider. 

Posted by: SylviaMarie at June 12, 2008 05:24 PM (ev5Cw)

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#19 Memo

Be careful what you wish for...

Do you really want Obama and crew with their hands in the selection of two or three Supremes with whom we will have to contend for another 20 or 30 years?

I know I don't.

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At this point, isn't it just Hobson's choice?  Hopebamessiah kills us quickly, McCain lets us die slowly.

 

Whee!

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So, over two centuries of US Supreme courts have been wrong and this one is right.  We must have some REALLY brilliant legal minds on this particular court.  Unless they are saying that combatants taken out of uniform have MORE rights than lawful combatants then we can expect to have to provide a hearing for every single prisoner our military takes from now on.  That being impossible the Supreme Court has just ruled the.... END OF WAR IN OUR TIME!!!

Don't you see the true brilliance of this ruling!  No one will ever have to die in a war again!  Oh we might get a few heads sawed off by our new masters but really, isn't that a small price to pay for peace in our time?

A couple of other remarks;

1:  It is truly fitting that Obama or McCain and a Democratic congress will be left to clean up this mess.  They begged for it and now they have it.

2:  It will be hysterical watching the courts try to establish rules of evidence and procedures.  Each court will decide differently and ultimately the Supreme Court will be left to create its own military tribunals out of whole cloth.  Will they get to face their accusers?  What standards constitute legal detention vs. illegal detention?  What will the rules of evidence be?  If the IED doesn't fit you must acquit!  Oh the endless fun judges will have creating an entirely new branch of jurisprudence, the millions of dollars and man hours that will be spent on LAWYERS at public expense while US citizens see their cases languish. 

Frankly, I have had about enough of the Supreme Court's bullshit.  I say we replace them with something more rational, like a magic eightball and be done with it.  Can't we at least let the American people vote one of them off the island every year?  Those fuckers live forever just like all of those penny ante dictators who relish abusing their power so much that they refuse to die... at least until they have built enough monuments to themselves.

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