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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-25-08 02:57 PM
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GOP congressman would have Supreme Court watch over GTMO detainees
Source: Politico

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) apparently hasn’t taken kindly to the U.S. Supreme Court’s insistence that the judiciary has a right to play a role in determining the fate of the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay.

If they want to get involved, Gohmert reasons, then let them get involved. He introduced a bill yesterday to transport the detainees from the naval base in Cuba to the grounds of the Supreme Court, where the Court “will be able to more effectively micromanage the detainees.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0708/GOP_congressman_would_have_Supreme_Court_watch_over_GTMO_detainees.html
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lark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-25-08 02:59 PM
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1. What a maroon!
:crazy: Typical repug.
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-25-08 03:05 PM
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2. Some Dem should introduce a bill filling all Republican offices
with Iraq war wounded, it'll be alot more comfortable than Walter Reid.
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-25-08 03:24 PM
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3. Tony Scalia could put on his bondage suit and carry a whip
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hadrons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-25-08 03:32 PM
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4. I guess Clarence will be handing out the milk & cookies
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