Major victory for civil liberties
Editorial: 15/6/08
International Herald Tribune commented Friday on US Supreme Court’s ruling on Guantanamo detainees, saying in part: “For years, with the help of compliant Republicans and frightened Democrats in Congress, President George W. Bush has denied the protections of justice, democracy and plain human decency to the hundreds of men that he decided to label “unlawful enemy combatants” and throw into endless detention. Twice the Supreme Court swatted back his imperial overreaching, and twice Congress helped Bush try to open a gaping loophole in the Constitution. On Thursday, the court turned back the most recent effort to subvert justice with a stirring defense of habeas corpus, the right of anyone being held by the government to challenge his confinement before a judge.
See: http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=110887&d=15&m=6&y=2008
Tags: Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, USA