Monday, June 28, 2004
The Supremes lay down the smack...
And this isn't the Diana Ross smack, either.
In a series of decisions, the US Supreme Court has soundly rejected the Bush Administration argument that they have carte blanche with detainees and that they can ignore due process.
Specifically the Justices smacked down the Bush assertion that the Executive could potentially hold detainees indefinitely during a time of war.
The only Justice to agree completely with the Bush argument was Thomas. Even Scalia went with the majority opinion on this one.
There's still some wiggle room for the Executive on how far they can actually go....but they clearly believe that currently the Executive has gone too far.
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In a series of decisions, the US Supreme Court has soundly rejected the Bush Administration argument that they have carte blanche with detainees and that they can ignore due process.
Specifically the Justices smacked down the Bush assertion that the Executive could potentially hold detainees indefinitely during a time of war.
The only Justice to agree completely with the Bush argument was Thomas. Even Scalia went with the majority opinion on this one.
There's still some wiggle room for the Executive on how far they can actually go....but they clearly believe that currently the Executive has gone too far.
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