Judge rejects Guantanamo cases

[NVMojo]

January 20, 2005

A US federal judge today dismissed the cases of seven Guantanamo Bay prisoners who sought to challenge the lawfulness of their continued detention.

"To the extent that these non-resident detainees have rights, they are subject to both the military review process already in place and the laws Congress has passed defining the appropriate scope of military conduct towards the detainees," US District Judge Richard Leon said.

"The extent to which these rights and conditions should be modified or extended is a matter for the political branches to determine," he wrote in the 34-page opinion.

Until the Congress or US President George W Bush acted further, he concluded, there was "no viable legal theory" under which a federal court could issue the writ of habeas corpus sought by the detainees.

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http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11995391%255E1702,00.html

[Vincardog]

1. To the extent that these non-resident detainees have rights,?????

all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unaliable Rights that among these are life liberty and the persuit of happyness. ...

The court is not their Creator. Who are they do deny unalianable rights? I do not believe aWoL has that right either.

[enough]

3. No response could be more to the point

than what you said, Vincardog.

"all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights"

Apparently not in America's new world.

[arendt]

2. Richard Leon - Clarence Thomas's front man

Leon pushed Thomas throughout his career. They went to
college together. A year or two ago, the GOP rewarded this
obese caricature of a political bagman with a Federal
judgeship.

Is anyone surpised at this vote?

Why do they Dems let totally partisan hacks like Leon get
appointed to top judgeships? Do they want the Constitution
destroyed?

arendt

[struggle4progress]

5. "Leon is just now settling into his new job, and he's already busy ...

...making first impressions. 'He's loud, obnoxious, and big,' said one of his new colleagues after a meeting."

http://www.prospect.org/print/V13/8/devil1.html

[TahitiNut]

4. An abomination. Habeas corpus is fundamental and its denial is ...

... a fundmental denial of human rights. This 'judge' is a criminal in exactly the same sense as Nazi 'judges' who legitimized the 'Final Solution' were criminals.