Amnesty International To Bush: GAME OVER Due To SCOTUS Ruling

[kpete]

Amnesty International to the Bush Administration: Game Over Due to Supreme Court Ruling on Military Commissions

6/29/2006 11:45:00 AM

WASHINGTON, June 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Amnesty International USA's Advocacy Director for International Justice and Domestic Human Rights Jumana Musa released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision today in the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case. Ms. Musa, an international law attorney, has been Amnesty International's legal observer at the military commission hearings in Guantanamo Bay for the last two years and has monitored the proceedings in person on five occasions. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Bush did not have authority to set up the war crimes tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and found the "military commissions" illegal under both military justice law and the Geneva conventions:

"Today's ruling is a triumph for the rule of law and sends a clear message to President Bush that he cannot act unilaterally to create a system of law from thin air. With this decision, it's game over -- the Bush administration has been shut out. It's time to return to U.S. founding principles of due process and fundamental rights.

The Court's decision reflects many of the criticisms that Amnesty International, based on firsthand observations, has made of the commissions. A return to due process and fair trials standards is not just a victory for Salim Ahmed Hamdan, but a victory for justice and human rights. The Court has clearly stated that the president cannot invoke wartime powers to circumvent U.S. laws and international treaties that the United States has ratified."

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=68515

[spanone]

1. Like Bush* gives a rats-ass about rule of law.

He and Congress will find a way around the Supreme Court, trust me.

[jsamuel]

2. they would have to un-sign the Geneva Conventions

[spanone]

6. That would not surprise me one bit.

Under the guise of 'fighting terrorism' bush* will do anything.

[Mandate My Ass]

5. He basically said that straight out. He has no intention of abiding

by this ruling.

[marmar]

3. But we know how this despot feels about the "rule of law."

I'm gonna tell all you fascists, you may be surprised
People all over this world are getting organized
You're bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose

Race hatred cannot stop us, this one thing I know
Poll tax and Jim Crow and greed have got to go
You're bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose

All you fascists are bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose
You're bound to lose, you fascists
Are bound to lose

People of every color marching side by side
Marching across these fields where a million fascists died
You're bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose

All you fascists are bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose
You're bound to lose, you fascists
Are bound to lose

I'm going into this battle, take my union gun
Gonna end this world of slavery before this war is won
You're bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose

All you fascists are bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose
You're bound to lose, you fascists
Are bound to lose

I said, all you fascists are bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose
You're bound to lose, you fascists
Are bound to lose

- Woody Guthrie

[Solly Mack]

4. He plans to ask Congress to give him the power

Congress would have to come up with a law that grants an exemption from international law and federal law

So.....

[Mandate My Ass]

7. Arlen Specter will be *shocked* I tell ya

He'll sputter with outrage. And then he'll do whatever Bush asks.

[Solly Mack]

8. Exactly what I was thinking

[papau]

9. No one is released - they just become enemy combatants again

with no trial

:-(

[malaise]

10. Santorum on MSNCB now n/t

[rman]

11. Great. But, who's going to stop them? nt

[Pierre.Suave]

12. Add it to the list

of reasons to impeach and imprison the bush admin in its entirety.

[readmoreoften]

13. So what's the breakdown on this ruling?

That's what scares me.

Kennedy, Souter, Ginsberg, Stevens, Breyer: for democracy
Alito, Roberts, Thomas, and the Fat Man: for fascism

Is that how it broke down?

[readmoreoften]

14. Oh look. I just answered my own question.

"Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a strongly worded dissent from Thursday's ruling and took the unusual step of reading part of it from the bench — something he had never done before in his 15 years. He said the court's decision would "sorely hamper the president's ability to confront and defeat a new and deadly enemy."

The court's willingness, Thomas wrote in the dissent, "to second-guess the determination of the political branches that these conspirators must be brought to justice is both unprecedented and dangerous."

Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito also dissented."

[chill_wind]

15. Powerfully stated, clear message. And our Dems will weigh in -when? n/t

[anarch]

16. yeah, I'd like to believe that

it's been "Game Over" so many times for these assholes, though. But if it's a game, they're totally cheating...and they're armed bullies, so nobody's yet decided to stand up and call them on it.