So, was the 2 day early "turnover" meant to distract from Supreme court

[Sperk]

Padilla should be released and Gitmo prisoners are entitled to lawyers. You loose AshKKKroft!!!!!!!!!


They are sooooo pathetic

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. That and fear of attacks

[Caution]

2. many reasons

distract from SCOTUS
distract from F9/11
Head off attacks (a valid and good reason...occasionally the evil do something good if even by mistake).

[Timefortruth]

3. Yep,

They had to have known. This is also why Olsen resigned.

[LittleApple81]

4. I don't think your reading on Padilla is correct. Check other threads

in GD... I think they gave a big chunk of the victory to BushCo. I will have to wait until the dust is settled before I understand the meaning of this ruling.

Here is one:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1878267

[Spazito]

6. By not ruling on the Padilla case, the lower court ruling stands...

and the bush admin lost that one, Padilla won it, that's why it was appealed to the USSC by the bush admin.

[bowens43]

5. I think it was as they said to avoid attacks.

It was a smart move on their part.

[mctrotter5]

7. This was so predictible..they can get legal opinions about getting

around the Geneva Convention but had no idea that too deny a defense was against the constitution. They HAVE to distract from that.