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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.
In its third rebuke of the Bush administration's treatment of prisoners, the court ruled 5-4 that the government is violating the rights of prisoners being held indefinitely and without charges at the U.S. naval base in Cuba. The court's liberal justices were in the majority.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the court, said, ''The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times.'
According to research carried out by Reprieve, the US may have used as many as 17 ships as "floating prisons" since 2001. Detainees are interrogated aboard the vessels and then rendered to other, often undisclosed, locations, it is claimed.
Originally posted by krill
the supreme court may not be complete lap dogs but at the same time why wait until the man responsible for these abuses of the law and human rights to be on his way out of office to rule on it ? we have been holding prisoners for years now why dident they speak up then instead of waiting till a new pusa is on his way ?
Originally posted by krill
what theory : first lets talk about precident sience you brought it up. prisoners of war have their own rights according to the pacts we agreed to
so yes while your right that non citazens dont have rights promised by the bill of rights or constitution they do have rights dictated by the many pacts, treatys and human rights contracts we signed and adhered to until shrub came in to the picture.
Originally posted by kosmicjack
Our nation's sacred contract, the Constitution, is the one thing that makes our country great above all others. If we trash it, we don't deserve our liberty no matter how much security we have.
Originally posted by krill
you know thats funny so human rights only apply when the human in question isent given the generic title terrorist?
Originally posted by krill
prisoners of war have their own rights according to the pacts we agreed to