Gitmo Detainees Can't Challenge Detention
Federal Courts Have No Jurisdiction
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that Guantanamo Bay detainees cannot challenge their detention in U.S. courts:
"Federal courts have no jurisdiction in these cases," Judge A. Raymond Randolph wrote for the court majority in his 25-page opinion.
This is a big win for the government in the legal front in the War Against Terror. Barring detainees from the U.S. court system was a key provision in the Military Commissions Act, passed by Congress last year to set up a system to prosecute terrorism suspects.
The Court of Appeals ordered hundreds of cases pending in the lower courts dismissed.
The decision, including Judge Rogers lengthy dissent, is available here [pdf].
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Having seen the GTMOistas up close and personal, I am glad the court got it right. They are entitled to nothing because of what they are.
Seminole 6, out
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Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged. — J. Michael Waller
From their Bio Sketches...
DAVID B. SENTELLE - appointed in October 1987 (Reagan)
A. RAYMOND RANDOLPH - appointed in July 1990 (Bush 41)
JUDITH W. ROGERS - appointed in March 1994 (Clinton)
Draw your own conclusions.
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So libs, how's that Congressional Resolution to end The War™ coming along?