Battle of the Branches: Tough Times for Separation of Powers
Clinton Defends Trying Terrorism Suspects in Civilian Courts
Trial of Guantanamo Detainee, at Long Last, Tests 9/11 Legal Divide
State Secrets: Protecting National Security or Justice Denied?
Democrats Begin Drive to Push Through Priorities Before Elections
Inside the Guantanamo Detention Facility: A Slideshow Look
Some of the detention facilities feature communal living, television, and language classes for prisoners.
Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |
Federal Court Says War Powers Allow Holding Guantánamo Detainees
Filed under: Terror, National Security, Yemen
The federal appeals court for the D.C. circuit ruled Tuesday that not even international law limits war powers that allow the White House to hold suspected terrorists. The case was the first test of the Supreme Court's landmark 2008 ruling that allowed detainees from...Michigan Town Tells Liz Cheney To Peddle Her Fearmongering Elsewhere
Standish, Michigan, tells Liz Cheney to sell it up the street:
Officials in a small Michigan town featured in a new video about Guantanamo by Liz Cheney’s national security group want her to know that they’re not falling for her “fearmongering” — and tell us they want Gitmo detainees in their town.
...
Democrats Leave Door Open for Gitmo Prisoners in U.S.: ‘Supermax Means Something’
Filed under: Senate, House, Terror, Obama Administration, National Security, The Capitolist, Congress
Senate Democrats defeated a Republican effort to prevent building or upgrading prisons in the U.S. if they will house detainees transferred from the American prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The...
James Inhofe On Torture
Is there anything James Inhofe won't deny? Climate change? Age of the earth? Whether we tortured?
Inhofe said: "There has never been a case of torture there [Guantanamo Bay]. The people there are treated better than in the federal prisons."
He continued, "I don’t know why President Obama is obsessed with...
Follow seriouslypolitics on Twitter!
