Bush Seeks to Overturn Army Panel Ruling

[Judi Lynn]

Bush Seeks to Overturn Army Panel Ruling
By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer

Thursday, April 7, 2005

(04-07) 00:37 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

The Bush administration is struggling to put military commission trials back on track at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in the face of a legal challenge by a detainee who was Osama bin Laden's personal driver.

U.S. District Judge James Robertson brought the military commissions to a halt in November, saying their procedures were unlawful.

A federal appeals court was having arguments in the case Thursday. Last November's ruling is "an extraordinary intrusion into the executive's power" to defend the United States, the government says in a harsh attack on Robertson's decision. President Clinton appointed Robertson to the bench.

At the heart of the legal battle is the fact that President Bush has declared international treaty protections do not apply to Salim Ahmed Hamdan and all others deemed by the U.S. government to be linked to al-Qaida.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/04/07/national/w003714D40.DTL

[LuminousX]

1. Those Damned Activist Judges

standing in the way of Bush's dictatorship.

[IowaGuy]

2. Why do the republicans hate the law so much? /nt

[xxqqqzme]

3. they forgot about it.

they thought controlling the executive & legislative branches would be all they needed. Then those damn 'old school' conservative 'activists' judges continued 2 uphold the Constitution AND rule as UNconstitutional some of the very 'laws' their executive branch pushed and their legislative branch passed. They're now pissed cuz they thought they controlled the judiciary. They R now seeking to rid themselves of the old school conservatives and replace them w/ neo-con fascist judges. Look @ yellow rogue's nominations - totally outside the judicial mainstream.

And the Constitution is a nurturing document. They only respond to strict father laws - which is why they LOVE punishment - i.e. 'patriot act'; anti-choice position etc..

[Selteri]

4. Only what doesn't go thier way.

They don't hate the law, they love to abuse it, they just hate anything that doesn't agree with thier small definition of thier power.

THAT is what they care about, having and taking as much power as they can.