Order NIXING habeas rights goes into effect

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/20/order-nixing-habeas-rights-goes-into-effect/

Order nixing habeas rights goes into effect.

“The D.C. Circuit Court on Wednesday, after pondering the issue for more than two months, on Wednesday refused to delay any longer putting into effect its decision that Guantanamo Bay detainees have lost all rights to pursue habeas challenges to their prolonged imprisonment. In a brief order, the panel that ruled against the detainees on Feb. 20 formally denied a request filed in April by detainees’ lawyers not to issue the mandate and to hold the cases on its docket for several more months.”

(T)he Justice Department appears likely to act quickly to get 12 District Court judges in Washington to dismiss habeas challenges by scores of detainees, and also to wipe out so-called “protective orders” that assure the detainees’ lawyers access to their clients at Guantanamo and access to information the military may use to justify continuing to hold them.

[Richard Steele]

1. Stick a fork in the Constitution, folks- it's DONE. nm

[BlackHawk706867]

2. Gee... Does anyone doubt now why it is important to begin...

Impeachment of these POS Administrative (and I use that term with no respect whatsoever) types?

ww

[peacebird]

4. Impeachment is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE... stop suggesting it!

:sarcasm:
actually I agree with you but earlier this evening I ran across this....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1148658

:eyes:

[BlackHawk706867]

5. Yeah, and with that earlier posting we might just as well lie down...

and roll over... Although I do agree it is unlikely to take place, I really refuse to just roll over either.. So, what is the answer to this group of thugs?

ww

[peacebird]

7. Impeach ... Indict... Send to the Hague.

[stellanoir]

3. talk about a pre Magna Carta mentality

there is too much opposition for this to stick for long

ever the deluded optimist here

[madrchsod]

6. the congress can do something about this.....

oh shit i forgot...

[puebloknot]

18. ...i forgot...

...they don't have the votes.

I'm serially posting this today:

Jonathan Turley, Constitutional Scholar, speaking about our do-nothing Congress on Keith Olbermann's show, June 19:

They've got to put something behind their rhetoric. They have to start to get tough, and to start withholding funds, withholding confirmations, using those powers that the Framers gave them to protect their own institution.

[snappyturtle]

8. It's bad enough for us but how does this look to the rest of the

world? If this is democracy I can see why other nations fight us and hate us.

[Canuckistanian]

9. ... and the black curtains are drawn shut.

So long, America. You've just joined the ranks of all dictatorships, large and small.

Let's hope that this is just the bottom point in a curve that starts to go up again.

Anything else is unthinkable.

[bonito]

14. Draw your own picture and live it as you will

But don't try to color my view with dark colors as I have none. :dilemma: :hug:

[mmonk]

10. The first president of the US that has more absolute power

than the King we were under as a colony.

[KoKo]

13. But....Harry Reid has skills to deal with this...he was a boxer and knows how to punch.

The Senate will deal with this.

[mmonk]

17. You mean

striking a deal?

[KoKo]

11. That's Great News! What's Next?

I don't really want to know.....:-(

[bonito]

12. Ok, whats with the candle

It draws my attention and by the way I was reading today about two bills the first from the Senate on repealing the military commissions act both sent to the arms service committee.
No updated status on thomas though.
candle is neat imo.

[babylonsister]

15. You, too can have a candle! Thank GUer Ghost:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1144413

[slipslidingaway]

16. Senate vote

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00259

[TahitiNut]

19. That vote ensured I'd never vote for Stabenow again.

That was an appalling piece of shit. Appalling. I won't vote for any GOPher opposing her, but she's nothing but another Lieberman with that one ... on top of her Bankruptcy vote. :puke:

[IChing]

20. Sad vote overall...........I believe that

This is the way democracy ends; Not with a bomb, but a gavel

[slipslidingaway]

21. Yes appalling and both my Democratic senators voted for it,

Lautenberg and Menendez. :(