In BOUMEDIENE et al. v. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, et al., they have given armed terrorists the right to use the US Constitution for their defense in a court of law.
That means that the suspected terrorists, the enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Naval Base, have the right of habeas corpus.
Habeas Corpus has historically been an important instrument for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action - FOR United States CITIZENS!
Do you get it?
They have given terrorists rights equivalent to the rights of US Citizens!
I am just outraged! I could spit nails! How dare those liberal bastards do this to our Armed Forces! The vote was 5 to 4, with all the liberal judges voting in favor of the terrorists. This is Liberalism at it's zenith.
The left must be dancing in the street!
Obama has hailed the decision! Obama issued a statement calling the decision "a rejection of the Bush administration's attempt to create a legal black hole at Guantánamo" that he said was "yet another failed policy supported by John McCain."
"This is an important step," he said of the ruling, "toward re-establishing our credibility as a nation committed to the rule of law, and rejecting a false choice between fighting terrorism and respecting habeas corpus. Our courts have employed habeas corpus with rigor and fairness for more than two centuries, and we must continue to do so as we defend the freedom that violent extremists seek to destroy."
The Rule of Law my foot! These jokers are battlefield combatants!
They were captured during a time of WAR!
Just more empty suit - blah, blah, blah...
Today, McCain finally weighed in - a day late.
John McCain said Friday that the Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo Bay detainees is “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.”
The presumptive GOP nominee said the decision, a 5-4 ruling Thursday that determined Guantanamo detainees have the right to seek release in civilian courts, would lead to a wave of frivolous challenges.
“We are now going to have the courts flooded with so-called … habeas corpus suits against the government, whether it be about the diet, whether it be about the reading material. And we are going to be bollixed up in a way that is terribly unfortunate because we need to go ahead and adjudicate these cases,” he said at a town hall meeting in New Jersey.
It seems that McCain has grown a set over night!
But, these Supreme Idiots don't have a clue. They have just tied the hands of all our soldiers. Now when a prisoner is taken, they will of course be given their one phone call, and of course they will use it to detonate the bomb they left on the battlefield!
Liberals just don't understand warfare.
They believe that we can sit down and talk with these monsters and negotiate some sort of peaceful agreement. HAH!
These militant Islamo-Facists want to cut our throats!
They have sworn to cut off our heads!
They will stop at nothing until we are all dead- or they are!
The Muslim mission is to spread Islam throughout the world.
They believe that Islam will dominate the entire world and they will try their best to make it happen!
The 5 Judge's argument was that all people should have rights. All people should have the protection provided under our Constitution. We should be so magnanimous that we extend our hand in friendship and compassion even unto those who would saw off our head! To hell with that!
Now, don't get me wrong. I believe that everybody does have a kind of ‘human right’, the right to exist and be treated with respect and compassion, but that kind of human right is one derived from one’s sense of God and religion and morality. And, I believe we become more aware of the human condition when we contemplate the higher power.
But as for national rights, or rights of citizens of a particular country, those rights are granted or revoked according to the laws of that particular country. Some countries treat their citizens poorly, other countries treat their citizens very well. Most free countries fall in the latter category.
For instance here in the US, in the preamble of our Constitution, it says, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Those words are for US citizens, not for the citizens of England or China or India. If citizens from those countries wish to visit our country they may do so after they apply and are granted a ‘permit’ to enter our country as a visitor. If they would like to become a US Citizen, then they have to go through another process where they have to learn our language, our laws and our customs.
The 14th Amendment to our Constitution defines "citizens" this way, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”And since our form of government is a representative republic, “supreme power is held by the citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives governing according to law”.
That’s US Citizens.
One cannot become a Representative unless one has been a citizen for 7 years, and cannot become a Senator unless one has been a citizen for 9 years. These rules are for US Citizens, not citizens of other countries.
Nowhere in our Constitution are rights granted to anyone other than citizens of The United States of America. No rights for any citizen of any other country whether they are honest citizens or enemy combatants.
Thursday's decision infers that our country will not defend it’s own military. That we will allow enemy combatants to come and go as they will. That we will allow people who are not American Citizens to use our Constitution to defend them selves in our own courts!
This decision is nothing short of treachery, and near treason!
The ramifications of this decision will be felt far and wide.
We have reached a place in our history that will define our future for the next 100 years - maybe longer!
The five members of the High Court, The Jihadist 5, should be ashamed of themselves for condemning our armed forces to fight terrorism with one hand tied behind their back and for corrupting the sovereignty of this great nation.
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