Do You Know Your History?
Buck June 14th, 2008 - 8:56 amFor what is the following quote attributed to?
“I think it’s one of the worst decisions in history. It opens up a whole new chapter and interpretation of our constitution.”
Is it:
- Women’s suffrage?
- The Fifteenth Amendment?
- Roe v. Wade?
Nope - It’s none of the above.
McCain slams Supreme Court on terrorist detainees
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday sharply denounced a Supreme Court decision that gave suspected terrorist detainees a right to seek their release in federal courts.
“I think it’s one of the worst decisions in history,” McCain said. “It opens up a whole new chapter and interpretation of our constitution.”
McCain is one of the authors of the 2006 Military Commissions Act which set up procedures for the handling of detainees. The act denied the detainees access to federal courts.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that provision of the law violated the constitution.
Each of the cases listed above do have something in common though - disgruntled republicans. Food for thought.
June 14th, 2008 at 11:15 am
The 2006 Military Commissions Act opened up a whole new chapter and interpretation of our constitution and the Supreme Court just decided as much. McBush needs to go back to what he is good at, brokering crooked land deals for his cronies. He and the other authors of the 2006 MCA apparently have little, if any, knowledge of constitutional law. The demise of Habeus Corpus has got to be one of the most idiotic things our Govt. has ever done. Going back to pre-magna carta law is something that only a Supreme Court Judge that is politically motivated could agree with. It’s legal insanity, plain and simple.