Holy Sh*t this just in on CNN

[movie_girl99]

The Supreme Court rules President Bush overstepped his authority with military war crimes trials for foreigners held at Guantanamo Bay in a case involving a former driver for Osama bin Laden.


www.cnn.com

[YDogg]

1. w00t!

What now, dubya?

[tjwash]

4. Time to release that new video of Bin Laden they were saving up.

nt

[LynneSin]

13. I'm worried they're going to do worse than that

:scared:

[karlrschneider]

2. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1531647

[lonestarnot]

3. He more than overstepped! That motherfucker is a serial killer!

[madokie]

16. to put it bluntly

[lonestarnot]

27. Always put it bluntly, then there is no doubt as to what is on your mind.

LOL

[madokie]

31. fact

[lonestarnot]

33. I adore you madokie!

:hugs: (they don't make 'em in plural)

[madokie]

39. ;-()

:hug:'s here you go.

[rman]

40. mass murderer, i'd say

[lpbk2713]

5. Are they seriously talking about the American Supreme Court?

Is Hell freezing over?

[movie_girl99]

7. i wonder what he thinks of his appointee now? n/t

[DeBunk]

Alito was in the monority, and Roberts recused himself

sooo he's probably pretty happy with them

[wisteria]

22. Your kidding me? Roberts recused himself. Unbelievable.

As for Alito, no surprise there, he was the one advising the President to add a waiver to every piece of legislation he signs, declaring that the President has the authority to ignore the law and do what he wants. He wouldn't question the President's judgment on this matter.

[DeBunk]

23. Roberts didn't have a choice

He wrote the lower courts Hamdan ruling.

[DeBunk]

24. The right will show their true colors now

They will attack the court.

[DeBunk]

6. Redemption day

Thanks God!

[spanone]

8. Shrub to reply to it...11:30 am EST

[anarch]

14. huh...let's see how the "unitary executive" answers this one

"Well, I'm the decider, and I've decided I don't agree with this decision..."

[madokie]

21. I am the deciderator he say

I say he is a punk assed mass murderer

[tjwash]

26. Great. Let me guess what he will say...

"9-11 changed America blah blah blah, Osama Bin Laden blah blah blah, fight them there so we don't fight them here blah blah blah, that's why we need more tax cuts blah blah blah, I'm the informationater gettinger feller..."

That's the point where he goes off the cue card and the "press" plants jump right in and will ask him such hard hitting questions such as:

"Mr. President. All real Americans know that we need secret detention facilities and torture camps such as Guantanamo so that your holy greatness can protect us from evil. What do you have to say to these un-american terrorist sympathizers that wish to lose the war on terror and turn Farsi into America's official language while burning the flag?"

Then he will go back on script...

[Sammy Pepys]

9. Wasn't Roberts involved in the Hamdan case in some way...

...before this? Probably why he didn't vote.

[Cameron27]

10. bush to face reporters in about 45 min. ( msnbc...)

Just missed a discussion with human rights activist & terror expert. Going to be an interesting day.

[Junkdrawer]

11. I'll wait to celebrate when trials for the Gitmo detainees begin...

As far as I can see, this just means more detention without ANY kind of trial.

[kentuck]

12. If the Supreme Court ruled that Bush over-stepped authority..?

Is that an impeachable offense? It seems if the Supreme Court has already ruled that he acted "illegally", then there should be some punishment for it? Censure? Impeachment? Horse-whipped? Drawn and quartered?

[zanne]

17. What I got out of the CNN report...

The Supreme Court ruled that they can't hold military tribunals for them; that if they want to "try" somebody, they'll have to come up with new procedures or "let them go". I think Junior's legal buddies will come up with some "new procedures".

[DeBunk]

37. There was far more then that in the ruling!

The court ruled the detainees are protected by the Geneva conventions.

It ruled the the Authorization to use force passed by Congress does not give the president unlimited power.

And, it ruled they have the right to trial.

[zanne]

42. Thanks for the info, though I'm curious about the Geneva convention....

Where in the ruling is that stated? Don't get me wrong, that would be the answer to making this president accountable and would finally end the tactic of declaring "war" when it's convenient for presidential power, but declaring we're not at "war" when it comes to "detainees".

[wisteria]

25. More than likely- this will be ignored. n/t

[NNN0LHI]

15. This means Bush and his minions can hold anyone they want into perpetuity

Doesn't sound like a good deal to me.

Don

[DeBunk]

38. Wrong

It means Bush and his minions cannot hold anyone into prepetuity.

[malaise]

18. Impeach the fugger

for high crimes.

[sinkingfeeling]

19. OMG! There's still a thread of justice left in the country. Roberts did

not vote! Call Karl, he needs to get on this and stamp it out immediately!

[DeBunk]

28. Even if Roberts had voted against. it woudl have been 5 - 4

This is a great day!

[lonestarnot]

30. You can bet there will be reprecussions. How's the flood being taken care

of there? Is the court under water yet?

[Catchawave]

20. How DARE they !?

He's a WAR PRESIDENT !!!!1 :sarcasm:

[Catherine Vincent]

29. So what happens now?

[DeBunk]

32. Bush will try to ignore the Court. That's my guess.

He won't be able to do it. Not many Republicans in the Congress will have the stomach for it.

Gitmo will close, the prisoners will be released. There is no evidence for trials, if there were they would have conducted them already.

[rman]

41. who's going to stop them?

[Clark2008]

34. Damn those activist judges!

:sarcasm:

[DeBunk]

35. Oh we are going to hear that a lot.....

[dave29]

36. they hate us for our tribunals

supreme bitch-slap :)