Supreme Court reverses course, will now hear appeal by Gitmo detainees

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/29/supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-by-gitmo-detainees/

Supreme Court to hear appeal by Gitmo detainees.

AP reports:

The Supreme Court, reversing course, agreed Friday to review whether Guantanamo Bay detainees may go to federal court to challenge their indefinite confinement.

The action, announced without comment along with other end-of-term orders, is a setback for the Bush administration. It had argued that a new law strips courts of their jurisdiction to hear detainee cases.

In April, the court turned down an identical request, although several justices indicated they could be persuaded otherwise.

[hatrack]

1. For some reason, I'm thinking of two single-digit numbers

One is "five" and I'll let you guess what the other one is.

[rurallib]

2. affirming that Gitmo is truly a vacation paradise.

got the same feeling that they will only take it up to try to make Bushco's torture etc. legal.

[babylonsister]

4. That's what worries me; why did the SC reverse course? nt

[Xipe Totec]

3. comment #3 by self proclaimed whore is interesting:

"Im sure we can find a few sensitive liberal-types to take these men into their homes while awaiting civilian trial. No breakfast sausage anymore."

Comment by $5 whore — June 29, 2007 @ 10:11 am

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