Regis Philbin
Dec 14th, 2006, 06:24 PM
And this Judge is a BIGTIME lib, by the way...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/13/america/NA_GEN_US_Detainees_Lawsuit.php
Judge sides with Bush administration on terror law provisions
The Associated PressPublished: 2006-12-13 16:30:14
WASHINGTON: A federal judge upheld the Bush administration's new terrorism law Wednesday, agreeing that Guantanamo Bay detainees have no right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S. courts.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge James Robertson is the first to address the new Military Commissions Act and gives a legal victory to the Bush administration at a time when it has been fending off criticism of the law from Democrats and libertarians.
Robertson rejected a legal challenge by Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden whose case prompted the Supreme Court to strike down the Bush administration's policy on detainees last year.
Following Hamdan's victory, Bush asked for and got a new law that established military commissions to try enemy combatants and stripped them of the right to seek their freedom in U.S. courts.
Hamdan's case was sent back before Robertson, a nominee of former President Bill Clinton who was a prominent civil rights advocate as an attorney in private practice.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/13/america/NA_GEN_US_Detainees_Lawsuit.php
Judge sides with Bush administration on terror law provisions
The Associated PressPublished: 2006-12-13 16:30:14
WASHINGTON: A federal judge upheld the Bush administration's new terrorism law Wednesday, agreeing that Guantanamo Bay detainees have no right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S. courts.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge James Robertson is the first to address the new Military Commissions Act and gives a legal victory to the Bush administration at a time when it has been fending off criticism of the law from Democrats and libertarians.
Robertson rejected a legal challenge by Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden whose case prompted the Supreme Court to strike down the Bush administration's policy on detainees last year.
Following Hamdan's victory, Bush asked for and got a new law that established military commissions to try enemy combatants and stripped them of the right to seek their freedom in U.S. courts.
Hamdan's case was sent back before Robertson, a nominee of former President Bill Clinton who was a prominent civil rights advocate as an attorney in private practice.